Kaija Saariaho

The Echoes of the Universe – The Music of Kaija Saariaho (2023)

The Echoes of the Universe – The Music of Kaija Saariaho follows the completion and performances of Saariaho's works in different parts of the world, but also highlights the mutual cooperation of her family. ...

Kaija Saariaho: Innocence (2021)

The world premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho's opera, "Innocence", at the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Finland is the setting but the protagonists come from the four corners of Europe: a Finnish groom and his Romanian bride, a French mother-in-law and a ...

Only the Sound Remains (2017)

This DVD and Blu-ray derive from the world premiere performances, at the Dutch National Opera in 2016, of Only the Sound Remains, a Japanese-inspired double bill by Kaija Saariaho. Her first opera, L'Amour de loin, has captivated audiences around the world ...

The Metropolitan Opera: L’Amour de Loin (2016)

Robert Lepage's dreamlike production, with its thousands of twinkling LED lights stretching across the stage to represent the sea, encapsulates the mystic feeling of L'Amour de Loin, Saariaho's haunting opera of distant love. Eric Owens is Jaufré Rudel, a ...

McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen (2011)

The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues h ...

Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin (2004)

This is the 2004 version of Kaija Saariaho's opera performed by the Finnish National Opera and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. ...

Suuri illusioni (1985)

Caritas is a mysterious young woman who is the center of a group of decadent young Finnish artists in the 1920s. The real protagonist, Hart, is a failed writer who dreams big thoughts about his artistic future. Based on the book "Suuri Illusioni" by Mika W ...

The Echoes of the Universe – The Music of Kaija Saariaho (2023)

The Echoes of the Universe – The Music of Kaija Saariaho follows the completion and performances of Saariaho's works in different parts of the world, but also highlights the mutual cooperation of her family. ...

Kaija im Porträt - Konzert und Dokumentation (2022)