Innocence (Saariaho) Aix-en-Provence 2021 Kozena Piau

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Innocence  
• Composer: Saariaho Kaaija  
• Libretto: Sofi Oksanen    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Grand Theatre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France  
• Recorded: July 10, 2021
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Magdalena Kožená, Sandrine Piau, Tuomas Pursio, Lilian Farahani, Markus Nykänen, Jukka Rasilainen, Lucy Shelton
• Conductor: Susanna Mälkki  
• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra  
• Chorus: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir  
• Chorus Master: Lodewijk van der Ree  
• Choreographer: Arco Renz  
• Stage Director: Simon Stone  
• Stage Designer: Chloe Lamford  
• Costume Designer: Mel Page  
• Lighting Designer: James Farncombe  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ARTE, Unitel  
• Date Published: 2021  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, frsubs  
• This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

It is in Finland that the opera Innocence takes us . First of all because the action is played out, but also (and above all) because several compatriots of Jean Sibelius are involved in the project: the great composer Kaija Saariaho of course but also the writer Sofi Oksanen who wrote about it. the libretto and the conductor Susanna Mälkki who is the first to conduct it.

In this Nordic context, Innocence features four characters from all over Europe: a Finnish man and his Romanian partner, a French mother-in-law and a Czech waitress. Around them will unfold a real contemporary tragedy crossed by the theme of memory, guilt and the loss of innocence. Serious subjects which nevertheless generate an opera full of humanity.