The Metropolitan Opera: The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams’s powerful opus, considered by many to be his greatest operatic composition, arrives at the Met Opera almost 30 years after the shocking events it chronicles — the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship. In advance of the company premiere of the new production, director Tom Morris and conductor David Robertson join Adams for a discussion, moderated by Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean of The Juilliard School. Met artists perform excerpts.