Swift and Corrosive

The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich is performed less often than it should be, even though there is now a revival outside the Russian Federation. In the last two years, I reviewed a high tech production seen in Aix-en-Provence, Lyon and New York and soon reaching La Scala [The Quality of Mercy, 14 July 2011] and the traditional low cost but effective Moscow Chamber Opera staging [Full of Irony, 26 February 2011]. The former is an international production signed by William Kentridge and by very well known conductors (eg Kazushi Onu)...