Music and Time Annotation << Back Kaija Saariaho and Her Opera «L’amour de loin» N. Bedova The paper deals with the one of the most brilliant composers of the beginning of the 21th century Kaija Saariaho’s opera «L’amour de loin» awarded with many prizes including The Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, 2011. The libretto is about 12th century troubadour Jaufré Rudel. The music combines sonoristic and impressionistic features with the spectral ones. Saariaho’s opera is a kind of artistic reflection on Wagner’s music drama «Tristan und Isolde». Keywords: K. Saariaho, «L’amour de loin», opera Contacts: E-mail: nati-bedova@mail.ru Pp. 20-23.