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San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale offers hope in a totalitarian world

Irene Roberts (Offred)
© Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
Irene Roberts (Offred) and Simone McIntosh (Offred Double)
© Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
Sarah Cambridge (Aunt Lydia), Irene Roberts (Offred) and chorus
© Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
John Relyea (The Commander), Lindsay Ammann (Serena Joy) and Irene Roberts (Offred)
© Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
The Handmaid's Tale
© Cory Weaver | San Francisco Opera
Par Lois Silverstein, 16 septembre 2024
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“the sound palette... like a quasi-moan and shriek, as if a wound spoke”
Critique faite à War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, le 14 septembre 2024
Programme
Ruders, The Handmaid's Tale
Artistes
San Francisco Opera
Karen Kamensek, Direction
John Fulljames, Mise en scène
Chloe Lamford, Décors
Christina Cunningham, Costumes
Fabiana Piccioli, Lumières
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Lucy Bradley, Mise en scène
Irene Roberts, Offred
Simone McIntosh, The Double
Christopher Oglesby, Luke
Gabrielle Beteag, Offred's mother
Sarah Cambidge, Aunt Lydia
Katrina Galka, Janine/Ofwarren
Lindsay Ammann, Serena Joy
Sara Couden, Rita
John Relyea, The Commander
Brenton Ryan, Nick
Matthew Dibattista, The Doctor
John Keene, Chef de chœur
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Brenton RyanChloe LamfordChristina CunninghamFabiana PiccioliGabrielle BeteagIrene RobertsJohn FulljamesJohn KeeneJohn RelyeaKaren KamensekKatrina GalkaLindsay AmmannLucy BradleyMatthew DibattistaPoul RudersSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco Opera ChorusSan Francisco Opera OrchestraSan Francisco Opera: MerolaSara CoudenSarah CambidgeSimone McIntoshThe Handmaid's Tale
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Lois Silverstein
Lois Silverstein

Lois Silverstein, PhD, a New Yorker born and bred, has lived and worked in San Francisco for over 35 years. Her eight books include novels, poems, essays and memoir; she also writes reviews for OperaWire. After numerous roles in San Francisco Opera as a supernumerary, she performed her one-woman, multimedia show about a freedom fighter in 1939, during the fall of Poland, Valia: The Story of a Woman of Courage. Her newest novel, When Crying Stops: War Echoes from Romania, will be published in 2024.