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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

The Thirteenth Child, by Poul Ruders

July 27 – Aug 21, 2019
301 Opera Dr, Santa Fe, NM 87506, USA

A generation ago, Poul Ruders morphed The Handmaid’s Tale into an opera of dark, glittering splendor. General recognition is long overdue. But now he’s back, with The Thirteenth Child, a new, Grimm-inspired fable concerning an indomitable princess out to rescue her dozen banished brothers. We’re on tenterhooks. —M.G.

Photograph by Ken Howard for the Santa Fe Opera, 2019