Cross the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich with doses of Monty Python, Kafka and a clown show and you get the Met Opera's "The Nose." Based on the satirical Nikolai Gogol story, "The Nose" ...

Before the 1975 release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the British comedy troupe Monty Python was barely known overseas. People in Britain knew the group, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, ...

The ensemble reacts to the appearance of the Nose, left, during the final dress rehearsal for Metropolitan Opera''s production of "The Nose" in New York, Tuesday March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Bebeto ...