A Dog's Heart

By Alexander Raskatov

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