A Dog's Heart
By Alexander Raskatov
Directed by Simon McBurney
Designed by Michael Levine
Puppetry by Blind Summit
A new opera by Alexander Raskatov based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s short novel “The Heart of a Dog”, directed by Simon McBurney.
We designed, directed and operated the Dog, "Shark", who changes into a man at the end of the first act.
Premiere: De Nederlandse Opera 2010
Revivals: ENO, Lyons, La Scala
"Dazzling... Hallucinatory cocktail of silent movie melodrama "
- Financial Times ****
"Nothing less than absurdly good"
- Peter van der Lint, Trouw
FINANCIAL TIMES*****
INDEPENDENT****
OBSERVER
GUARDIAN***
WHAT'S ON STAGE*****
THE EXPRESS****
MUSIC OMH *****