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In Adriana Mater, Kaija Saariaho takes as her theme the brutality of war. A woman is raped; a son is born; will the son take after his mother or his father? The son, learning of his violent conception, vows to kill his father. But an unexpected twist brings an unexpected end.

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Music: Kaija Saariaho

Archive listings for Adriana Mater

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

Part of Present Voices - T411521572

UK Premiere. Concert StagingCompany BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Edward Gardner. Performer Solveig Kringelborn (soprano). Performer Monica Groop (mezzo soprano). Performer Gordon Gietz (tenor). Performer Jyrki Korhonen (bass). Company BBC Singers.
24 Apr 08Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L0427155322

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