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| Disc No: 8.224165-66 |
The Handmaid's Tale is based on one of the most exciting and disturbing novels of modern times, A Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale is a grim futuristic story of a fundamentalist, misogynist society where few people are fertile, and a story of love, power and escape from am extremist right-wing regime. The libretto was written by Paul Bentley after the novel and translated into Danish by Poul Ruders. The opera was composed for a large orchestra and organ, with a full opera chorus.
The Handmaid's Tale has been recorded in a collaboration of the three state institutions dacapo, Danmarks Radio and the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen. This is the first time ever that the institutions have cooperated in this way. The Handmaid's Tale was recorded live over a series of evening performances in the spring of 2000, and this is also the first time in recent years that an opera from the Royal Danish Theatre has been recorded in this way. |
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| Name: Ruders The Handmaid's Tale | |
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| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Ruders, Poul | Tjenerindens Fortælling (The Handmaid's Tale) | Royal Danish Orchestra - Michael Schønwandt Royal Danish Opera Choir Anne Margrethe Dahl, soprano Poul Elming, tenor Hanne Fischer, mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Halling, mezzo-soprano Kari Hamnøy, alto Pia Hansen, mezzo-soprano Aage Haugland, bass Gert Henning-Jensen, tenor Ulla Kudsk Jensen, mezzo-soprano John Laursen, tenor Elsebeth Lund, soprano Djina Mai-Mai, soprano Bengt-Ola Morgny, tenor Lise-Lotte Nielsen, soprano Susanne Resmark, alto Marianne Rørholm, mezzo-soprano Annita Wadsholt, alto | ||
| Ruders, Poul | International Historical Association Convention - Symposium Prologue |