Works & Process: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center: Robert O’Hara
Monday, November 2, 2026
7:00 PM
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave, New York, NY
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About This Event
Works & Process at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in a session featuring Robert O’Hara, bringing together collaborators from dance, opera and new-music worlds. The Center’s workshop-oriented approach frames contributions from artists and composers such as Christopher Tin, Kamala Sankaram, Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, with dancers Heather Betts and Minita Gandhi and companies including Miami City Ballet and Minnesota Opera, emphasizing craft and iteration over finished presentation.
About Of One Blood(opera)
At the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, *Of One Blood* is presented as a live dance-centered opera event, folding movement into the museum’s architectural spiral. The project brings together Miami City Ballet and dancer Patricia Delgado with The Metropolitan Opera, composer Missy Mazzoli, and librettist Royce Vavrek. In New York, their collaboration reads as part of the city’s ongoing effort to blur institutional borders between opera house, ballet stage, and gallery. One clear effect is a shift in attention from narrative certainty to physical evidence: bodies as the primary argument.
About the Artists
Miami City Ballet
Miami City Ballet, under the visionary leadership of artistic director Gonzalo Garcia, brings the vibrant spirit of dance from Miami Beach to the heart of New York City. Renowned for their dynamic performances and innovative choreography, the company is a highlight at the Solomon R.
The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is a New York City opera institution, based at Lincoln Center and led by general manager Peter Gelb, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin as music director since 2018. While best known for large-scale opera productions, the company also appears in curated performance contexts across the city, including Works & Process at the Solomon R.
Missy Mazzoli
Recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (NY Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out NY), Missy Mazzoli has had her music performed by the Kronos Quartet, LA Opera, eighth blackbird, the BBC Symphony, Scottish Opera and many others.
Royce Vavrek
Royce Vavrek is a Canadian-born writer based in Brooklyn whose work moves between opera, music theater, and dance storytelling. He writes librettos and scenarios in close collaboration with composers including Missy Mazzoli, David T.
Minnesota Opera
Discover something new. Minnesota Opera’s 2026-2027 season invites audiences to share in moments of revelation, desire, and transformation. Immersive drama, quiet introspection, and sparkling comedy—drawn from three centuries of music and storytelling—coalesce in a testament to the power of this art form to illuminate what it means to be human.
Kamala Sankaram
Kamala Sankaram is a New York City–based composer, vocalist, and theater-maker whose work often sits between contemporary opera and performance. She has collaborated with artists and institutions including The Metropolitan Opera, Minnesota Opera, and creators such as Missy Mazzoli, Royce Vavrek, and Minita Gandhi, and has worked with dancers including Patricia Delgado and Miami City Ballet.