Kaija Saariaho: Innocence

The story

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 & crew

Magdalena KoženáWaitress

Sandrine PiauMother-in-Law

Tuomas Pursio

Tuomas PursioFather-in-Law

Lilian Farahani

Lilian FarahaniBride

Markus Nykänen

Markus NykänenGroom

Jukka Rasilainen

Jukka RasilainenPriest

Lucy Shelton

Lucy SheltonTeacher

Vilma JääStudent 1 (Marketa)

Beate Mordal

Beate MordalStudent 2 (Lilly)

Julie HegaStudent 3

Simon KluthStudent 4

Camilo Delgado Díaz

Camilo Delgado DíazStudent 5 (Jerónimo)