Faustine De Monès Adelaide

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.” 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, London, and Finnish National Opera. In partnership with the The Metropolitan Opera.