EASTON — The Met: Live in HD will continue at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, with a live transmission of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “The Nose” from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to the Avalon Theatre.

When Dmitri Shostakovich began writing The Nose in 1927 he was only 21 years old. The Stalin era was only just beginning, with the purges, famines, and years of war still down the road. There was yet ...

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Gogol’s story was the inspiration for the young Dmitri Shostakovich’s first opera (1927-28). His score is a montage of wildly varying musical styles cloaked in 1920s avant-garde garb. Sustaining tight ...

The male soprano Samuel Mariño’s “Lumina,” a suite from Thomas Adès’s “The Tempest” and Ginastera’s string quartets are among the highlights. Brooklyn Rider’s exploration of the four elements, ...

Acclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere production of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol.

Great Performances at The Met returns to PBS for its eighth season in 2014, delighting audiences with 10 sumptuous productions featuring the world’s leading stars of opera. This blockbuster season ...

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The male ...