Kaija Saariaho: Innocence 2021
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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.
- Released: 2021-07-10
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genre: Music, Drama
- Stars: Magdalena Kožená, Sandrine Piau, Tuomas Pursio, Lilian Farahani, Markus Nykänen
- Director: Kaija Saariaho, Sofi Oksanen, London Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki, Mel Page
