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Coming up:

April 18 at 1 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera
Kaija Saariaho: Innocence

CAST:
Joyce DiDonato as the Waitress (Tereza)
Vilma Jää as Student 1 (Markéta)
Jacquelyn Stucker as the Bride (Stela)
Miles Mykkanen as the Bridegroom (Tuomas)
Kathleen Kim as the Mother-In-Law (Patricia)
Rod Gilfry as the Father-In-Law (Henrik)

CONDUCTOR:
Susanna Mälkki

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