Peter Sellars

Peter Sellars has gained international

renown for his groundbreaking and transformative

interpretations of classics,

advocacy of 20th century and contemporary

music, and collaborative projects with

an extraordinary range of creative and

performing artists. He has staged operas

at Dutch National Opera, Festival d’Aixen-

Provence, Opéra national de Paris and

the Salzburg Festival, among others. In

2022, Sellars created a staging of Roman

de Fauvel at the Théâtre du Chatelet in

collaboration with the founder of the

Sequentia Ensemble, Benjamin Bagby.

Also in 2022, he staged composer

Tyshawn Sorey’s Monochromatic Light

(Afterlife) featuring artwork by Julie

Mehretu for the Park Avenue Armory, New

York, and Heinrich Schutz’ Musikalische

Exequien with the Los Angeles Master

Chorale. A revival of Sellars’ acclaimed

production of Tristan und Isolde, with videography

by artist Bill Viola, was performed

at the Paris Opera early in

2023. Furthermore, Sellars is a Distinguished

Professor in the Department of

World Arts and Cultures at University of

California – Los Angeles. He is also the

recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the

Erasmus Prize for contributions to European

culture, the Gish Prize, and is a

member of the American Academy of Arts

and Sciences. He has been awarded the

prestigious Polar Music Prize and was

named Artist of the Year by Musical America

(2014). In 2021 he was honored with

the EBU-IMZ Lifetime Achievement Award

for his body of opera video recordings.

Update: 06-03-2023