Vaudeville. Nasality. Shostakovich. Kosky.

By David Karlin, 21 October 2016

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 20 October 2016

Shostakovich, The Nose (In English)

The Royal Opera

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Klaus Grünberg, Set Designer

Buki Shiff, Costume Designer

Martin Winkler, Platon Kuzmich Kovalyov

Sir John Tomlinson, Ivan Yakovlevich

Rosie Aldridge, Praskovya Osipovna

Alexander Lewis, Nos

Alexander Kravets, Police Inspector

Susan Bickley, The Old Countess

Peter Bronder, Yaryzhkin

Helene Schneiderman, Pelageya Grigorievna Podtochina

Ailish Tynan, Mme Podtochina's daughter

Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Ivan, Kovalyov's valet

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Daniel Auchincloss, Tenor

Paul Carey Jones, Baritone

Alasdair Elliott, Tenor

Alan Ewing, Bass

Hubert Francis, Tenor

Sion Goronwy, Bass

Njabulo Madlala, Baritone

Charbel Mattar, Bass

Samuel Sakker, Tenor

Michael J. Scott, Tenor

Nicholas Sharratt, Tenor

David Shipley, Bass

Jeremy White, Bass

Simon Wilding, Bass

Yuriy Yurchuk, Baritone

Ilan Galkoff, Dancer

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.