Works & Process and The Metropolitan Opera are set present a preview performance of Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” on March 30, 2026.

The event will be held at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY and will showcase an advance look at the work that will premiere at the Met in the spring.

Met General Manager Peter Gelb will moderate a discussion with the creative team, including conductor Susanna Mälkki, director Simon Stone, and librettists Sofi Oksanen and Aleksi Barrière. Soprano Jacquelyn Stucker, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Miles Mykkanen, and Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää will perform highlights from the score.

“Innocence” opens on April 6 and will run through April 29, 2026.

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