KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV directs The Nose at the Bavarian State Opera
The PREMIERE is on October 24th
Further performances are on October 27/30, November 2/5, 2021 and July 17/20, 2022
“In my view, The Nose is about a major identity problem. The Nose and Kafka's Metamorphosis have basically the same beginning. "When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning, he found himself transformed into a monstrous vermin," it says in Kafka. And Gogol's beginning could be paraphrased: "When Kovalev awoke one morning, he found himself without a nose." You have to imagine it: Everyone has a nose, and Kovalev has none. The nose stands for a main feature, with which society identifies people. A person who lacks such a feature loses his identity, charisma, aura.” - Kirill Serebrennikow