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Dockdoktom (The Doll Doctor)
Composer: Bengt Perry
Librettist: Bengt Perry
Other Artistic Personnel: Maria Larsdotter-Spertina, director; Finn Rosengren, conductor
Premiere Date: March 23, 2001
Producing Company: GöteborgsOperan
Description: The story of the Doll Doctor takes place in a nursery with a girl and seven various dolls from different time periods. During the girl's imaginary play, the dolls come across accidents or illnesses. The Doll Doctor is quickly there to cure them. One day, the Doll Doctor does not show up when the dolls are shouting. They find that he has fainted and they try to use the instruments found in his doctor's bag. The Doll Doctor comes round and is happy to see that the earlier so self-centered dolls, are beginning to understand that sometimes you have to ask how other people feel.
Length: 00:45
Orchestration: str quintet
Contact: Maria Larsdotter-Spertina

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