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When Shostakovich released his debut opera into the world at the tender age of 20, his brilliance was plain as the nose on his face.
He used every musical trick in the book (and quite a few that weren’t) to tell this amusing tale: here a raucous percussion ensemble, here a maniacal gallop, there a lyrical chorus. This eclectic parade of styles put a few noses out of joint, but sniff as they might, not even the establishment could deny that here was a virtuoso at work.
The frenetic score springs entirely from the action on stage, as a lowly official chases his gallivanting nose around town |
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