Stone, Simon (1984- )

‘Innocence’ at the Met Opera Transforms With Backstage Magic

The New York Times – Music:

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

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Kaija Saariaho’s “Innocence” was celebrated at its premiere. After her death in 2023, her collaborators continue to travel with it around the world.

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Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce encounter bumpy waters on a yacht in this adaptation of a Ruth Ware thriller.

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In Munich, the Bavarian State Opera’s annual festival opens with Krzysztof Penderecki’s harrowing account of demonic possession and pervasive evil.

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Simon Stone’s new staging of Donizetti’s classic opera updates the work to a present-day American town — hold (some of) the madness.

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A new production of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” directed by Simon Stone, sets the classic work in a fading postindustrial town.