Opera about a school massacre holds a mirror up to the brutality of the United States
Innocence, a Finnish opera by Kaija Saariaho, addresses the aftermath of school shootings, resonating deeply with American society's gun violence epidemic.
Opera has long aestheticized human suffering, exemplified by Kaija Saariaho's final work, which transforms a school shooting into a modernist experience.
Opera about a school massacre holds a mirror up to the brutality of the United States
Innocence, a Finnish opera by Kaija Saariaho, addresses the aftermath of school shootings, resonating deeply with American society's gun violence epidemic.
Opera has long aestheticized human suffering, exemplified by Kaija Saariaho's final work, which transforms a school shooting into a modernist experience.