Kaija Saariaho: Innocence
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.
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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.
Magdalena Kožená
Waitress
Sandrine Piau
Mother-in-Law
Tuomas Pursio
Father-in-Law
Lilian Farahani
Bride
Markus Nykänen
Groom
Jukka Rasilainen
Priest
Lucy Shelton
Teacher
Vilma Jää
Student 1 (Marketa)
Beate Mordal
Student 2 (Lilly)
Julie Hega
Student 3
Simon Kluth
Student 4
Camilo Delgado Díaz
Student 5 (Jerónimo)
Marina Dumont
Student 6
Q
7.0
Road
4.7
Christmas at Carbell Family Farm
6.3
Clockwork Bananas
6.3
Le Clan
6.7Q
5.9
Q
6.2
Little Dixie
5.840
5.5
Lucky Girl
6.1
Gangnam Zombie
5.1
Mob Land
5.5
Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester
7.0Fight Club (Russian version)
7.8
The Boy Who Killed My Parents
6.3
All
8.9
Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Trilogy
6.8
Anti-Squat
6.1
Bank of Dave
7.0
The Way Back
7.0