

Kaija Saariaho: Innocence
1 hour 51 minutes2021-07-10
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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.
Cast

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)
