A director’s invention in “Tristan und Isolde” is causing controversy at the Metropolitan Opera, the nation’s preeminent but troubled opera house.

The set of Kaija Saariaho’s opera “Innocence” transforms with astonishing speed. It takes a big, nimble team to make that possible.

School shootings are a tragically common occurrence in the United States, but rarely do they grace the stage of one of the ...

Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence,” a powerful and kaleidoscopic depiction of mass violence and its aftermath, has arrived at the ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s final work is an immersive, astonishing achievement, viscerally depicting a group of ...

So I shouldn’t be troubled by the way the late Kaija Saariaho turned a fictional school shooting into a work of modernist ...

Vilma Jää never expected to play a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas when she enrolled at the ...

Kaija Saariaho, a Finn, was one of the most prominent composers of our time. She died in 2023, at seventy. Last night, the ...

Mason Bates, composer of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" discusses how he uses a mix of hip-hop beats and a live orchestra to create the world of "The Escapist." ...

Timothée Chalamet drew criticism for suggesting that ballet and opera are disciplines that "no one cares about." The Metropolitan Opera posted a video highlighting the talents of the opera community ...