The Nose is Shostakovich's first opera, based on a story of the same name by a Russian dramatist of what origin?
The Nose (opera) The Nose (Russian: Нос , Nos), is Shostakovich's first opera, a satirical work completed in 1928 based on Nikolai Gogol's story of the same name (1836).
A Common Story A Common Story (Обыкнове́нная исто́рия, Obyknovennaya istorya) is a debut novel by Ivan Goncharov written in 1844–1846 and first published in the 1847 March and April issues of "Sovremennik" magazine.