Faustine De Monès sings The Bride in Saariaho's Innocence at Adelaide Festival

Soprano Faustine De Monès appears at the Adelaide Festival this evening, singing The Bride (Stela) in Kaija Saariaho's final opera Innocence.

Faustine has become a regular interpreter of Saariaho's works in recent years, often at the request of the late composer.

“A thriller that is also a meditation, Innocence is the most powerful work Saariaho has written.” - The New York Times

The stage director is Simon Stone and the conductor is Clément Mao-Takacs. Original Finnish libretto by Sofi Oksanen & multilingual libretto by Aleksi Barrière.

Performances on the Feb 28, March 2, 4, 5.

This production is a co-commission and co-production of Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, San Francisco Opera, Nationale Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, The Royal Opera House, London, and Finnish National Opera, Helsinki. In partnership with the The Metropolitan Opera.