Audio excerpts are from the performances of The Handmaid’s Tale at Minnesota Opera, featuring the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Antony Walker. Courtesy of Minnesota Opera and National Public Radio.

"Behold my handmaid"/Chorus; "I close my eyes and suddenly she is there"/ Elizabeth Bishop (Offred) and Megan Dey-Tóth (Offred’s Double); "I will walk within my house"/ Elizabeth Bishop, Megan Dey-Tóth, and Helen Todd (Aunt Lydia).