An opera based on GOGOL'S short story. Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Words by Y. PREIS (sung in the English translation by EDWARD DOWNES)
The New Opera Company production with the composer's son, Maxim, making his theatrical debut.
With GRAEME MATHESON-BRUCE. EDMUND BARHAM, MICHAEL BURCH, JUSTIN LAVENDER, NEVILLE WILLIAMS, PETER BAMBER, BRUCE OGSTON, GAVIN WALTON, GRAHAM TITUS, PETER SAVIDGE, JOHN KITCHINER , PAUL WILSON, ROBERT CARPENTER-TURNER, FRANK OLEGARIO , RODERICK EARLE
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS, chorus-master KENNETH CLEVELAND assisted by SIMON JOLT
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA, leader BARRY COLLINS, conducted by MAXIM SHOSTAKOVICH
Acts 1 and 2