Innocence, an opera by the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, will receive its U.S. premiere June 1-21 at the San Francisco Opera. The story, told in eight languages through Sofi Oksanen’s libretto, deals with the long-term emotional consequences of a school shooting in Helsinki. The production will be conducted by Saariaho specialist Clément Mao-Takacs. https://www.sfopera.com/
Under the curatorship of music director Mitsuko Uchida, the 2024 Ojai Music Festival will give special focus to three composers: Kaija Saariaho, Helmut Lachenmann, and Sofia Gubaidulina. All three are represented in the June 7 “Ojai Dawns” series program (at 8 am) with Jay Campbell on cello, Sae Hashimoto on percussion, and Ljubinka Kulisic on […]
For the final festival program of 2024, Ojai music director Misuko Uchida will lead the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Haydn’s Symphony No. 46 and Jörg Widmann’s Chorale Quartet. To complete the June 9 concert, Uchida will solo in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in G, K. 453. https://ojaifestival.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SU1000000Z1XVMA0
