The Handmaid's Tale

Audio excerpts are from the 2003 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)