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

Irene Roberts (Offred)
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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
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“the sound palette... like a quasi-moan and shriek, as if a wound spoke”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 14 September 2024
Ruders, The Handmaid's Tale
San Francisco Opera
Karen Kamensek, Conductor
John Fulljames, Director
Chloe Lamford, Set Designer
Christina Cunningham, Costume Designer
Fabiana Piccioli, Lighting Designer
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Lucy Bradley, Director
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, Choirmaster / chorus director
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