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DVD and CD Releases, News

Benjamin Bernheim, Kaija Saariaho & Emily D’Angelo Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences cannot miss the new album by one of the world’s most renowned tenors and the world premiere of two contemporary operas composed by acclaimed female composers. Akathist Bright Shiny Things releases “Akathist,” a large-scale oratorio by composer Benedict Sheehan. Featuring {…}

News

Opéra National de Paris Honors Kaija Saariaho

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(Photo Credit: Christophe-Abramowitz) The Opéra National de Paris has announced that this February it will inaugurate a new space in honor of composer Kaija Saariaho at the Opéra Bastille. Saariaho’s second opera, “Adriana Mater,” was commissioned by the company and had its world premiere in 2006 in a production By Peter Sellars. Additionally, the Opéra National de Paris showcased the {…}

News

Dutch National Opera to Present Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Innocence’

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(Photo credit: Marta Syrko) The Dutch National Opera is set to present Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” for six performances this fall. The production, which opens on Oct. 10, 2023 and runs through the 22nd, will be directed by Simon Stone and conducted by Elena Schwarz. The opera is set to star Jenny Carlstedt, Lenneke Ruiten, Thomas Oliemans, Lilian Farahani, Markus Nykanen, {…}

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Metropolitan Opera to Present Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Innocence’ in 2025-26

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The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it will present Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” during the 2025-26 season. In a tribute statement to the composer, who died on June 2, the company said, “The Met mourns the loss of eminent Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who recently passed away at age 70. Saariaho made Met history in 2016 with the company premiere of {…}

Special Features

In Tribute to Her: An Exploration of Kaija Saariaho’s Operas

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(Photo Copyright: Priska Ketterer Luzern) Known as a luminary and artistic visionary in the acoustically-focused style of “spectralism,” a creative approach towards synthesizing technological processing and the human voice, along with her profound interest in culture, philosophy, and literature, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) is a musical icon. Pushing the limits of what music could do and achieve as an {…}

Opera Wiki

Opera Profile: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Émilie’

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(PC: JP Maurin) Émilie is a 75-minute, nine-scene opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho which takes its plot from the historical figure Marquise Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749), polyglot and mistress to famous French philosopher François-Marie Arouet (or Voltaire). The work, while its own opera, is to be considered related to Saariaho’s 2006 oratorio La Passion de Simone. The work {…}

News, Streaming

Festival Aix-en-Provence to Live Stream Kaija Saariaho and Sofi Oksanen’s New Opera ‘Innocence’

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Photo credit: Toni Härkönen Festival Aix-en-Provence is set to live stream Kaija Saariaho and Sofi Oksanen’s new opera, “Innocence,” on July 10, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT on Arte Concert. The opera had its in-person world premiere at the Festival on July 3. Directed by Simon Stone, Saariaho and Oksanen’s opera presents the story of a fictional school shooting in {…}