In the Wings

In 1920, dozens of Harvard students were called in one by one to answer questions before a Secret Court seeking our homosexual students and staff.

Executive Order 10450 prohibited the federal government from hiring gay and lesbian people changing the lives of thousands government employees.

Learn about one of the most powerful stories in opera. Fellow Travelers comes to life under the direction of Peter Rothstein at Boston Lyric Opera.

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.