The Opera Group
THE NOSE
May - July 2006
Coproduced by The Opera Group, Haymarket Basingstoke and ROH2
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Words by Yevgeni Zamyatin, Georgi Ionin, Alexander Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol
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.
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
Tour
Fri 5 May
The Haymarket, Basingstoke
01256 465 566 www.haymarket.org.uk
Wed 17 May
Brighton Festival
01273 709 709 www.brightonfestival.org
Tues 6 June
Lighthouse, Poole
0870 066 8701 www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Sun 9, Fri 14 & Wed 19 July
Buxton Festival
0845 127 2190 www.buxtonfestival.co.uk
Tues 11 July
Lichfield Festival
01543 412 121 www.lichfieldfestival.org
Tue 25, Thur 27, Fri 28 July
Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House
0207 304 4000 www.roh.org.uk
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
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