6th March 2000

• The Handmaid's Tale World Premiere

CREATIVE

Phyllida Lloys, Director; Peter McKintosh, Stage Design

SOLOISTS

Marianne Rørholm, Offred; Anne Margrethe Dahl, Aunt Lydia; Poul Elming, Luke; Aage Haugland, Commander

PERFORMERS

Royal Danish Opera

CONDUCTOR

Michael Schønwandt

Location

Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen, Denmark

3rd April 2003

• The Handmaid's Tale Country Premiere

PERFORMERS

English National Opera

CONDUCTOR

Elgar Howarth

Location

London, England

5th April 2003 - 2nd May 2003

• The Handmaid's Tale

PERFORMERS

English National Opera

CONDUCTOR

Elgar Howarth

10th May 2003 - 18th May 2003

• The Handmaid's Tale Country Premiere

PERFORMERS

Minnesota Opera

23rd September 2004 - 9th October 2004

• The Handmaid's Tale Country Premiere

CREATIVE

Phyllida Lloyd, Director

PERFORMERS

Canadian Opera Company

CONDUCTOR

Richard Bradshaw

13th October 2018 - 20th October 2018

• The Handmaid's Tale Country Premiere

EVENT

Yarra Valley Opera Festival

CONDUCTOR

Tianyi Lu

29th October 2022 - 15th November 2022

• The Handmaid's Tale

CREATIVE

Director: John Fulljames; Set Designer: Chloe Lamford; Costume Design: Christina Cunningham; Lighting Design: Fabiana Piccioli; Video Design: Will Duke; Choreographer: Lidia Wos

SOLOISTS

Hanna Hipp, Offred; Sarah Champion, Offred before; Jakob Skov Andersen, Luke; Gisela Stille, Aunt Lydia; Hanne Fisher, Serena Joy; Clara Cecilie Thomsen, Moira; Nina Sveistrup Clausen, Janine/Ofwarren; Ulrika Tenstam, Rita; Sara Swietlicki, Ofglen; Sophie Haagen, New Ofglen; Andrea Pellegrini, Offred’s mother; Paul Curievici, Nick; Morten Staugaard, Offred’s Commander; Gert Henning-Jensen, The Doctor

PERFORMERS

The Royal Danish Opera Chorus; The Royal Danish Orchestra

CONDUCTOR

Jessica Cottis

1st February 2024 - 15th February 2024

• The Handmaid's Tale

EVENT

The Handmaid’s Tale

CREATIVE

Annilese Miskimmon, Director; Annemarie Woods, Designer (Set & Costumes); Paule Constable, Lighting; Akhila Krishnan, video; Yvonne Gilbert, Sound Designer; Imogen Knight, Movement Director and Intimacy Co-ordinator

SOLOISTS

Kate Lindsey, Offred/Offred's Double; John Findon, Luke; Susan Bickley, Offred's Mother; Rachel Nicholls, Aunt Lydia; Nadine Benjamin, Moira; Rhian Lois, Janine/Ofwarren; Avery Amereau, Serena Joy; Madeleine Shaw, Rita; James Crewswell, The Commander; Zwakele Tshabalala, Nick; Alan Oke, The Doctor

PERFORMERS

English National Opera

CONDUCTOR

Joana Carneiro

28th June 2024 - 13th July 2024

• The Handmaid's Tale Country Premiere

CREATIVE

Peter Carp, director; Kaspar Zwimpfer, stage design

PERFORMERS

Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg und Opernchor des Theater Freiburg

CONDUCTOR

Ektoras Tartanis

14th September 2024 - 1st October 2024

• The Handmaid's Tale

CREATIVE

John Fulljames, Stage Director; Chloe Lamford, Set Designer; Christina Cunningham, Costume Design; Fabiana Piccioli, Lighting Design; Will Duke, Video Design;

SOLOISTS

Irene Robert, Offred; Lindsay Ammann, Serena Joy; Sarah Cambidge, Aunt Lydia; John Relyea, The Commander; Christopher Oglesby, Luke; Brenton Ryan, Nick; Katrina Galka, Janine-Ofwarren; Gabrielle Beteag, Offred's Mother; Sara Couden, Rita; Matthew DiBattista, Doctor;

PERFORMERS

San Francisco Opera

CONDUCTOR

Karen Kamensek

12th October 2024 - 14th December 2024

• The Handmaid's Tale

CREATIVE

Peter Carp, direction

PERFORMERS

Opernchor des Theater Freiburg ; Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg

CONDUCTOR

Ektoras Tartanis

24th July 2025 - 26th July 2025

• The Handmaid's Tale

CONDUCTOR

Camna Gupta

26th July 2025

• The Handmaid's Tale

EVENT

Banff Centre Summer Arts Festival

CREATIVE

Brenna Corner, Director; Amanda Testini, Assistant Director; Gillian Gallow, Set Designer; Sophie Tang, Lighting Designer; Jessica Oostergo, Costume Designer

PERFORMERS

Musicians from Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity

CONDUCTOR

Kamna Gupta

Location

Jenny Belzberg Theatre, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity , Banff, Alberta, Canada

1st March 2026 - 7th March 2026

• The Handmaid's Tale

CREATIVE

Brenna Corner, director

SOLOISTS

Niamh O'Sullivan, Offred; Sam Carl, The Commander;

PERFORMERS

Detroit Opera

CONDUCTOR

Marit Strindlund