The Opera Group
The Nose
The Nose
Kovalyov wakes up one morning with no nose… It has taken on a life of its own and has gone for a stroll around the city.
One of the great satires in Russian literature is transformed into the most daring of modern operas; an electrifying tour de force of vocal acrobatics, wild instrumental colours and theatrical absurdity, all shot through with a blistering mixture of laughter and rage. The result is like an operatic version of Charlie Chaplin or Monty Python.
The Opera Group’s production of The Nose has been widely acclaimed; an orchestra of fifteen players and an ensemble cast taking more than sixty roles recreate the extraordinary adventure of Shostakovich’s youthful masterpiece.
2006 production created in collaboration with Haymarket Basingstoke and ROH2 at the Royal Opera House.
...brilliantly inventive, full of fantastical touches… it’s incredibly rare to see ensemble work of this level in theatre, let alone opera with virtuoso singing included…
The Times
Video Clips
The Nose Movie
Conductor Patrick Bailey
Director John Fulljames
Designer Alex Lowde
Lighting Designer Oliver Fenwick
Cast
Catherine Hegarty, Paul Featherstone, Sinead Campbell, Andrew Rupp, Aileen Sim, Jeremy Huw Williams, Daniel Auchincloss, Simon Wilding, Alexander Grove
Fri 5th May 7.30pm
The Haymarket, Basingstoke 01256 465 566
www.haymarket.org.uk
Wed 17th May 7.30pm
Brighton Festival 01273 709 709
www.brightonfestival.org
Tues 6th June 7.30pm
Lighthouse, Poole 0870 066 8701
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Sun 9th July 7.15pm
Buxton Festival 0845 127 2190
www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Tues 11th July 7.15pm
Lichfield Festival 01543 412 121
www.lichfieldfestival.org
Fri 14th July 1.30pm
Buxton Festival 0845 127 2190
Wed 19th July 7.15pm
Buxton Festival 0845 127 2190
www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Tues 25th July 7.30pm
Linbury at the Royal Opera House 0207 304 4000
Thur 27th July 7.30pm
Linbury at the Royal Opera House 0207 304 4000
Fri 28th July 7.30pm
Linbury at the Royal Opera House 0207 304 4000
www.royalopera.org
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