Opera
Innocence
Opera by Kaija Saariaho
Thursday, 23/10/2025
06.15 PM - 08.30 PM
Public Rehearsal
Opernhaus
Original Finnish libretto by Sofi Oksanen / Multilingual libretto by Aleksi Barrière
In English, Finish, Czech, Romanian, Spanish, French, Swedish, Greek and German with German and English supertitles
Recommended age: from 9th grade onwards
A small family and some friends are celebrating Tuomas' and Stela's wedding. But someone is missing: Tuomas' older brother, whom no one is allowed to talk about. Ten years ago, he committed a massacre at his school and killed nine classmates and one teacher. The memories of the survivors bring the crime to life as well as its incomprehensible cruelty, the suffering that it causes, and the story of the young person who commits it. In her last opera, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho poses with ancient force the question of innocence and responsibility for a crime in our modern day.
Team
Musikalische Leitung
Regie
Bühne
Kostüme
Chorleitung
Dramaturgie
Licht
Dates and cast
October 2025
- Thu, 23/10/2025, 06.15 pm
November 2025
December 2025
January 2026
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Press reviews
Nürnberger Nachrichten
„Selten war die Oper des Staatstheaters Nürnberg so nah am Puls der Gegenwart wie mit der jüngsten Premiere. (...) [Herzog] verzichtet auf plakative Gewaltdarstellung und inszeniert stattdessen psychologisch dichte Konfrontationen zwischen den Protagonisten. (...) Almerija Delic als Tereza ist das emotionale Zentrum der Aufführung. Ihre Präsenz, ihr Schmerz, ihr Furor einer Rächerin – all das trägt die Oper. (...) Jochen Kupfers Bassbariton wird expressiv und in den Höhen gefordert; als Schwiegervater Henrik überzeugt er wie Chloë Morgan als Patricia und das übrige Gesangsensemble mit skizzenhaft präziser Charakterzeichnung.“
Thomas Heinold, Nürnberger Nachrichten
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