Performances and Recordings
The opera was premiered in Copenhagen on 6 March 2000 by the Danish Royal Opera, conductor Michael Schonwandt, director Phyllida Lloyd, designer Peter McKintosh. It was subsequently recorded by the same company by Dacapo, currently the only recording of the opera in the catalogue.
This production transferred to the English National Opera in London's Coliseum Theatre on 3 April 2003. The opera's North American premiere was performed by the Minnesota Opera in May 2003, in a new production, conductor Anthony Walker, director Eric Simonson, designer Robert Israel. The Danish Royal Opera production transferred to Toronto, Margaret Atwood's home town, on 23 September 2004.
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