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Kent Nagano and the forces of Staatsoper Hamburg launch their new season with a production of Shostakovich's very first opera in which the ears are beguiled but the eyes are not.

Shostakovich's early masterpiece is fêted at the Komische Oper Berlin

Kosky’s The Nose hits Sydney, sweeping the audience along with hallucinogenic energy. Led by the outstanding Martin Winkler and John Tomlinson, singers and musicians deliver a wild evening's entertainment.

I arrived at the Royal Opera House in the usual way, settled into my seat, and – could you believe it – the opera was gone!

Shostakovich's strange opera was reprised at the Met for the 2013 season and makes for excellent excitement. Somehow, the absurdities of the story, music, and production unite to create an experience that is just absurd enough to work.