Barbara will sing the role of Harriet Beecher Stowe in the New York City premiere of composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Rob Handel’s The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace with New Camerata Opera. This one-act chamber opera tells the story of Ada, Countess of Lovelace, a brilliant mathematician and the daughter of Lord Byron, who has been asked to help Charles Babbage with his work on the Difference Engine. The revolutionary concepts that she put forth in her notes about the potential ability of the Engine to carry out an algorithm led Ada to be considered the world’s first computer programmer.

An immersive cabaret will be performed immediately following the opera, featuring thematically-related repertoire. Barbara will perform a song by William Bolcom. Click here to purchase tickets.