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In this whirlwind 2024 political election year, public affairs issues include gender considerations, reproductive rights and governing boundaries.

The central concept of "The Handmaid's Tale" opera is based on Margaret Atwood's dystopian-themed 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale—that women are subordinate to men, must take on domestic and subservient roles including ritualized rape. Female worth is tied to becoming mothers. No reading, No owning property, No Careers Allowed. The theocratic extremist government is anti dissidents, academics, and "gender traitors."

Discussion about Handmaid's Tale themes—this projected fictional situation of the United States in a "not too distant future year"—is amazingly relevant in consideration of the hot button issues of American public affairs during fall 2024.

General Director Matthew Shilvock writes: “San Francisco Opera continues its second century with a season that demonstrates the potential of opera to connect to the most fundamental aspects of our humanity . . . through works of searing contemporary resonance like The Handmaid’s Tale."

September 30, 2024

Speakers

Carol T. Christ
11th Chancellor and Provost of the University of California, Berkeley; Former President, Smith College

Katherine Snyder
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley; Director, Berkeley Connect

Karen Kamensek
Opera Conductor, "The Handmaid’s Tale"

Dr. Anne W. Smith
Co-chair, Arts Member-led Forum. Commonwealth Club World Affairs; Professor of Contemporary Arts and Culture Management; Arts Influencer and Consultant—Host

Matthew Shilvock
General Director, San Francisco Opera

In Association with San Francisco Opera.

Graphic by Brian Stauffer.

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