New York City Opera is set to present a workshop of a brand-new production of Pedro Halffter’s opera “KLARA.” The new production will be directed and choreographed by Richard Stafford and the workshop will take place Jan. 22, 2024 at Theatre of St. Jean, 150 E. 76th Street, NYC, “KLARA” features a titular character who is a form of artificial {…}
Photo credit: Unai P. Azaldegui On July 18, Pedro Halffter’s opera “KLARA” will premiere in its new form at the Teatro Auditorio San lorenzo de El Escorial. In addition to Halffter’s new musical version, there will also be an innovative new staging with projections and holography by stage director Antón Armendáriz Díaz in association with Draw and Music Studio. The {…}
Pedro Halffter’s new opera “Klara” will make its American premiere on October 12, 2022 in Paine Hall at Harvard University. The opera’s original version, which premiered this August in Villafranca del Bierzo, Spain, featured the protagonist as an AI robot able to learn about and examine the world around her. Through the chaos of war, Klara arrives at the question {…}
The Festival Música en Villafranca is set to close out its 2022 edition with two operatic performances starring soprano Ashley Bell. First up, the soprano will take on Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine” in a version for piano. The concert will also include music by Rachmaninoff featuring pianists Eduardo Frías and Pedro Halffter. Performance Date: August 26, 2022 Closing out the {…}