A satirical work based on Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 story of the same name, it tells of a St Petersburg official, Kovalyov, whose nose mysteriously goes missing, develops a life of its own, and the lengths to which Kovalyov goes to try and recover it. The Nose – the first opera written by Dmitri Shostakovich – is the featured work on Friday, April 9th.
Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken during the rehearsal on Maat the Metropolitan Opera in New York City A scene from Act II of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “The Nose” with Paulo Szot as Kovalyov Renata Scotto sings the title role, Plácido Domingo is Paolo, and Giancotto is sung by Cornell MacNeil in this production by Piero Faggioni, conducted by the late James Levine. During the deception she and Giancotto’s brother, Paolo, fall in love, but they are ultimately betrayed by another brother of Giancotto, who also desires Francesca, and when Giancotto discovers the truth, the lovers lose their lives. Based on the play by Gabriele D’Annunzio, it tells of Francesca – a historical contemporary of Dante Alighieri whom he portrayed as a character in his Divine Comedy – who is tricked into marrying the deformed Giancotto. © Paolo Heffernan – Courtesy Metropolitan OperaĪnother recording from the Met archives is the April 1984 production of Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini, the featured work on Thursday, April 8th. Renata Scotto and Plácido Domingo in Zandonai’s ‘Francesca da Rimini’
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