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Kaija Saariaho: Innocence (2021)

Directed by Simon Stone

Overview

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.

Length 111 minutes

Actors

Magdalena Kožená | Sandrine Piau | Tuomas Pursio | Lilian Farahani | Markus Nykänen | Jukka Rasilainen | Lucy Shelton | Vilma Jää | Beate Mordal | Julie Hega | Simon Kluth | Camilo Delgado Díaz | Marina Dumont