Peter Sellars
Director
Los Angeles, United States
About me
Peter Sellars is one of the most innovative and versatile artistic personalities of our time. He has staged operas at the Dutch National Opera, the English National Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Paris Opéra, the San Francisco Opera and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, among others. In 1992 he made his Salzburg Festival debut with Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise, returning in 1997 for Le Grand Macabre, in 2017 for La clemenza di Tito and in 2019 for Idomeneo. In 2023 his staging for the Los Angeles Master Chorale of Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien was performed in Salzburg under the title Music to Accompany a Departure.
Speaker sessions (1)
Tuesday 18 February 2025
18:30 - 20:00
Special Screening: Salzburg Festival - The Gambler + Upcoming
Peter Sellars’ The Gambler blends post-apocalyptic sci-fi with a sharp critique of our money-obsessed society. Experience highlights of this striking production, presented by Unitel.