Finland

Child of the Forest: “Nightborn” picks up where Polanski left off

By Michael Roddy First time Finnish mother Saga (Seidi Haarla) has a problem, and it's not just that her British husband Jon (Rupert Grint, of “Harry Potter” fame) is alien to the local culture or that her grandmother, whose wreck of a house deep in the Finnish woods they've renovated and moved into, warned before…Read more Child of the Forest: “Nightborn” picks up where Polanski left off

Saariaho’s “Innocence” is the terrifying opera America needs to see

It may sound improbable that a 70-year-old Finnish composer has written an opera that strikes straight to the heart of America's gun-violence epidemic, but that's exactly what Kaija Saariaho has done with her latest opera, “Innocence”. Be forewarned about that title. In this opera, almost no one is innocent. The people who die in the…Read more Saariaho’s “Innocence” is the terrifying opera America needs to see