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| Composer | Ruders, Poul (b. 1949) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Year | 2000 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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HelsinkiThe Handmaid's TaleNew production
Ruders: The Handmaid's Tale
Karen Kamensek; John Fulljames; Finnish National Opera; Chloe Lamford; Christina Cunningham; Fabiana Piccioli; Orchestra of the Finnish National Opera
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San Francisco Opera's The Handmaid's Tale offers hope
John Fulljames directs a new production of Poul Ruders' uncompromising operatic take on Margaret Atwood’s celebrated novel.
Prescient then, terrifying now: The Handmaid’s Tale at ENO
Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel, masterfully adapted for the operatic stage, is strongly performed at ENO and rings even truer today than it did when it was written.
A topical tale: Gilead returns to the Coliseum stage
Poul Ruders’ The Handmaid’s Tale comes home to English National Opera after 20 years in a powerful new production by Annilese Miskimmon.