'The Nose' by Opera Boston

Shostakovich's strange and storied work gets a regional premiere.

Stephen Salters (Kovalyov) and Torrance Blaisdell (the Nose) rehearse a scene from ''The Nose'' in Boston. (PHOTOS BY ESSDRAS M SUAREZ/GLOBE STAFF)

By Harlow Robinson

Globe Correspondent / February 22, 2009

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