The whiff of scandal surrounding Shostakovich's Nose, Opera

With its cast of 80, a new English version of Shostakovich’s satirical opera The Nose is set to bring mayhem to Covent Garden, as its translator David Pountney explains

Dmitri Shostakovich 's opera The Nose - poster for the premiere of the opera . Opened Maly Theatre , Leningrad 12 January 1930. Based on Gogol 's story. Russian composer, 25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975. Cyrillic Stock Photo - Alamy

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The whiff of scandal surrounding Shostakovich's Nose, Opera

The Nose (opera) - Wikipedia

The whiff of scandal surrounding Shostakovich's Nose, Opera