Adriana Mater is the second opera by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, with a libretto in French by her frequent collaborator, Amin Maalouf. The Opéra National de Paris and the Finnish National Opera jointly commissioned the opera. It received its world premiere at the Opéra Bastille on 3 April 2006 in a production directed by Peter Sellars.

Jun 8, 2010 · Director Peter Sellars stages a new production of Kaija Saariaho’s opera Adriana Mater, part of a multi-year partnership between the acclaimed director, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the SF Symphony.

Jun 12, 2023 · “Adriana Mater” is an opera of difficult questions and emotions but straightforward plot. Adriana (the mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, a mighty presence in a small frame) rebuffs...

Aug 30, 2024 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Deutsche Grammophon announces the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater, performed by the San Francisco Symphony and conducted by Saariaho’s lifelong friend Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Aug 30, 2024 · Deutsche Grammophon announces the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater, performed by the San Francisco Symphony and conducted by Saariaho’s lifelong friend Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Adriana Mater is set during a civil war in an unnamed country at an unspecified time. Sung in French, the story reflects on motherhood as a result of rape in a violent world while inviting viewers to consider their own relationships with revenge and forgiveness.

Having been recently elected as the head of the French National Opera, his invitation to compose an opera led to the cultivation of Saariaho’s second opera, “Adriana Mater.”

Adriana Mater, with a French libretto by another longtime Saariaho collaborator, Amin Maalouf, deals with war, family, violence against women, the nature of manhood, and what it means to be a mother. The opera takes place over seven tableaux in two acts, in a country that is already riven by violence and on the verge of civil war.

Aug 10, 2011 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA—On June 8, 10 & 11, 2023, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony are joined by acclaimed director Peter Sellars for a new staged production of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater, an intensely moving work to a libretto of Amin Maalouf, which explores the relationship between a mother and her son as they ...

Jun 8, 2023 · Director Peter Sellars stages a new production of Kaija Saariaho’s opera Adriana Mater, part of a multi-year partnership between the acclaimed director, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the SF Symphony.