Kaija Saariaho’s Harrowing Final Opera Arrives In The U.S., Where It Will Be Even More Fraught

Innocence, as the work is called, has been hugely impressing (and depressing) audiences and critics in Europe since its 2021 premiere at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. Why will it be even more loaded in the States? Because it’s about a school shooting — and its aftereffects 10 years later. – AP