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Based on Mikhail Bulgakov's once-banned satire on the New Soviet Man, Alexander Raskatov's
A Dog's Heart tells of a stray mongrel who becomes human after an experimental organ transplant. But, as the Professor soon discovers to his cost, a beast is still a beast, even if it looks like a man. New Production
Cast/Performers
Steven Page,
Leigh Melrose,
Peter Hoare,
Elena Vassilieva,
Nancy Allen Lundy,
Alasdair Elliott,
Andreew Watts,
Graeme Danby,
Sophie des Mars,
Matthew Hargreaves,
Frances McCaffertyCreatives/Company
Music:
RaskatovLyrics:
Mazzonis (after Bulgakov)
Producer(s):
English National Opera,
De Nederlandse Opera (in collaboration with Complicite)
Conductor:
Garry WalkerDirector(s):
Simon McBurney,
Toby Sedgwick (movement)
Design(s):
Michael Levine,
Finn Ross (projection)
Costume:
Christina CunninghamLighting:
Paul AndersonOther:
Blind Summit (puppetry)
