In the Wings

Imagine living in a world that tells you what to wear, where to live, what your position and value to society is and how to procreate. What would happen if choice was taken away from you?

What does it mean to be presenting an operatic version of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2019? How will it resonate differently with audiences than the book did in 1985?

BLO's new production of The Handmaid's Tale is a rare opportunity to see an opera in the physical location in which it is set.