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A Dog’s Heart

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A new opera based on the short story Heart of A Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov.

Produced by De Nederlandse Opera / English National Opera in collaboration with Complicité.

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Josie Daxter, Meghan Treadway & Tamzin Griffin

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A puppet of a large skeleton dog stalks across the stage, while being photographed

The puppet skeleton dog next to an elaborately dressed sitting actor, while the other actors are in darkness either side of them. A dog's face is projected large on the back of the stage.

The actors run around the stage alarmed, while at the back of the stage, medical professionals complete a procedure.

The puppet skeleton dog is thrown high in the air, facing sideways away from the audience

Many comrades gather in a stately home, holding a large Communist flag aloft

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