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.

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We designed, directed and operated the Dog, "Shark", who changes into a man at the end of the first act.

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Premiere: De Nederlandse Opera 2010

Revivals: ENO, Lyons, La Scala

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"Dazzling... Hallucinatory cocktail of silent movie melodrama " 
 - Financial Times ****

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"Nothing less than absurdly good" 
 - Peter van der Lint, Trouw

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FINANCIAL TIMES***** 
INDEPENDENT****
OBSERVER
GUARDIAN***
WHAT'S ON STAGE*****
THE EXPRESS****
MUSIC OMH *****

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