Innocence
Music by Kaija Saariaho · libretto by Sofi Oksanen · premiered 2021 · at Grand Théâtre de Provence
Innocence is an opera in five acts by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. The libretto was written in Finnish by Sofi Oksanen and translated/adapted by Aleksi Barrière. The opera was co-commissioned by the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Dutch National Opera, the Finnish National Opera, and the San Francisco Opera. It received its world premiere on 3 July 2021 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, conducted by Susanna Mälkki and directed by Simon Stone. The opera tells the intertwined stories of a wedding in 2000s Helsinki and a school shooting ten years earlier, and has been described as a thriller.
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About the Composer
Kaija Saariaho is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Kaija Saariaho
- L'Amour de loin (2000)
- Adriana Mater (2006)