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.

• Kaija SaariahoOriginal Music Composer
• Sofi OksanenWriter
• Simon StoneDirector

• Magdalena KoženáWaitress
• Sandrine PiauMother-in-Law
• Tuomas PursioFather-in-Law
• Lilian FarahaniBride
• Markus NykänenGroom
• Jukka RasilainenPriest
• Lucy SheltonTeacher
• Vilma JääStudent 1 (Marketa)
• Beate MordalStudent 2 (Lilly)
• Julie HegaStudent 3
• Simon KluthStudent 4
• Camilo Delgado DíazStudent 5 (Jerónimo)