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Innocence à Aix-en-Provence : Saariaho cultive le secret

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“une très grande œuvre, servie d’une main de maître par Susanna Mälkki”
Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence on 6 July 2021
Saariaho, Innocence (world premiere)
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Susanna Mälkki, Conductor
Simon Stone, Director
Chloe Lamford, Set Designer
Mel Page, Costume Designer
James Farncombe, Lighting Designer
Magdalena Kožená, Waitress
Sandrine Piau, Mother-in-Law
Tuomas Pursio, Father-in-Law
Lilian Farahani, Bride
Markus Nykänen, Groom
Jukka Rasilainen, Priest
Lucy Shelton, Teacher
Vilma Jää, Markéta (Student 1)
Beate Mordal, Lilly (Student 2)
Camilo Delgado Diaz, Jerónimo (Student 5)
Julie Hega, Iris (Student 3)
Marina Dumont, Alexia (Student 6)
Simon Kluth, Anton (Student 4)
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