Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of ‘Innocence’

NEW YORK (AP) — When Vilma Jää enrolled at the Sibelius Academy to study folk music she never expected to end up playing a major role in one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed operas. Kaija Saariaho, Finland’s leading opera composer, was working on a piece called “Innocence” and wanted one of the...

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