Saariaho: Innocence

Music, Drama · 2021

The world premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho's opera, "Innocence", at the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Finland is the setting but the protagonists come from the four corners of Europe: a Finnish groom and his Romanian bride, a French mother-in-law and a Czech maid. Around them memories unravel in a contemporary tragedy of guilt and lost innocence.

Starring

Simon Stone, Magdalena Kožená, Chloe Lamford, Sofi Oksanen, Sandrine Piau, Tuomas Pursio, Kaija Saariaho, Susanna Mälkki, Lilian Farahani

Director

Simon Stone