Opera Hispánica and National Sawdust presents KLARA: What It Means To Be Human — Preview

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“...KLARA will immerse the audience in an immediate and current reflection on the development of artificial intelligence and what it means to be human. These performances, part of National Sawdust’s banner 10th anniversary season, will feature soprano Ashley Galvani Bell as Klara, dancers Laura Henning, Jordana Rosenberg, and Amanda LaMotte, with pianist Silvia Santinelli and Pedro Halffter himself at the piano. Immediately following the performance, there will be a panel discussion exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on our society, featuring the composer and celebrated professor Panos Mavromatis (NYU); Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ludovic Righetti (NYU); and religious leader Swami Sarvapriyananda, who regularly speaks around the world on the relationship between artificial intelligence and consciousness..."