The soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea will be back at the Auditorio for this production by Pedro Halffter.
Ópera en minúscula begins this Sunday, September 7, at 7.30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall of the Auditorio de Tenerife with Klara, an opera structured in four haikus. Pedro Halffter is both musical director and composer, presenting human existence through the lens of artificial intelligence. Antón Armendariz directs the staging, with soprano Vanessa Goikoetxea performing alongside pianists Halffter and Eduardo Frías.
Vanessa Goikoetxea returns to the Auditorio de Tenerife, where she starred as Rusalka in the Symphony Hall in March 2024. The singer appears again on the island after having debuted just last week at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, performing Tosca.
The tickets for the Sunday performance are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium’s box office, or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for students, unemployed people and large families, among others.
A related event will take place on Saturday (September 6). Titled Los límites de la conciencia (The Limits of Consciousness), a free-entry gathering will take place in the Chamber Hall at 7.30 p.m. Participants include Halffter, María Inmaculada Perdomo, PhD in philosophy, and Carina Soledad González, PhD in computer science, as well as Ricardo Campelo of Teatro Xtremo, who serves as the moderator.
Klara is a next-generation robot equipped with highly advanced artificial intelligence, capable of reasoning and making decisions. However, as it explores the world and observes humans, it begins to question its own existence. Klara discovers that, although it can simulate certain emotions, such as joy and fear, some human qualities remain inaccessible, including despair and genuine love. However, its insistent attempts to feel human lead it to explore new forms of thinking and perception.
In its odyssey, Klara faces obstacles and challenges that put its resistance and will to the test. Every step that the robot takes leads to its discovery of something new about itself and the world around it, taking it closer and closer to an understanding of its own humanity. By the end, Klara understands that the answer to this question does not lie in the shape of its body or its ability to experience emotions, but in its consciousness and in the ability to make decisions and to love. In its search to find its place in the world, Klara demonstrates that even beings created through technology can have their own humanity and soul.