William Kentridge’s unconventional version of Shostakovich’s THE NOSE will be broadcast live in movie theaters on October 26
THE MET: LIVE IN HD PRESENTS SHOSTAKOVICH’S THE NOSE
Multiple theaters in the metropolitan area
Saturday, October 26, 12:55 pm (live), and Wednesday, October 30, 6:30 (encore), $18-$24
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Back in March 2010, we called the Met debut of William Kentridge’s visually stunning version of Dmitri Shostakovich’s The Nose “an unconventional opera, with unconventional sets, an unconventional score, and an unconventional length, clocking in at a mere 104 minutes.” The absurdist opera, based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol, deals with a minor Russian bureaucrat who wakes up one morning to find that his proboscis is missing, and, not surprisingly, he wants it back. Kentridge’s inventive staging, involving black-and-white animation, lofty sets that suddenly appear well off the ground or are dragged around by characters, and a Russian constructivist collage that serves as a backdrop for much of the action, is back at the Met for performances on October 22 at 7:30 and October 26 at 1:00. Paulo Szot reprises his role as Kovalyov, with Andrey Popov again playing the police inspector and Alexander Lewis as the Nose; the production is conducted by Pavel Smelkov. Saturday’s performance is part of “The Met: Live in HD” series, which broadcasts the show to movie theaters around the country, including the Regal Union Square, AMC Loews Village 7, AMC Empire 25, and the Ziegfeld. There will also be an encore presentation October 30 at 6:30. Kentridge fans should also be sure to check out his superb multimedia “Second-hand Reading” exhibit, which continues through Saturday at Marian Goodman Gallery on West 57th St., as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit “The Refusal of Time,” which runs October 22 to May 11.