Spanish composer and famed conductor Pedro Halffter creates a new and divergent chamber dance-opera for two pianos and soprano. Through enigmatic lyrics, and the play between choreography and singing, this production engages the audiences in a current reflection on the development of artificial intelligence, and what it means to be human.

Opera Hispánica, the premiere opera company in the United States focused on the classical vocal arts from the Hispanic perspective, in collaboration with National Sawdust, Divaria Productions, and the New York City Opera, presents the New York premiere of KLARA, in a new production directed and choreographed by acclaimed Broadway choreographer Richard Stafford, featuring soprano Ashley Galvani Bell, dancer Laura Henning, and Silvia Santinelli and Pedro Halffter himself at the pianos.

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Klara

National Sawdust

The first play of a comic trilogy (Beaumarchais) that shocked the 18th-century elite is the basis of Rossini’s masterpiece The Barber of Seville. Teeming with action and bursting with unforgettable melodies, this opera is sure to make you break out into laughter. In the whimsical approach of stage director Joan Font and the Spanish troupe Els Comediants, this production cleverly incorporates some circus arts, acrobatics, and pantomime. For the occasion, the Orchestre Métropolitain will reunite with Spanish conductor Pedro Halffter who conducted the OM in Madama Butterfly in 2023.

Pedro Halffter

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Past events

Feb 28, 2025

Klara · New York City Opera

Sep 28 - Oct 6, 2024

The Barber of Seville · Opéra de Montréal

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Klara by Halffter

New York City Opera

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