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Peter Sellars
Librettist
Biography
Peter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique contemporary stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is professor at UCLA, where he teaches Art as Social Action and Art as Moral Action. He is widely regarded as one of the key figures of theatre and opera of the last 50 years. Sellars is one of the leading theatre, opera, and television directors in the world today, whose previous productions include the John Adams-composed opera Dr. Atomic, A Flowering Tree, Olivier Messiaen's St. François d'Assise, and Paul Hindemith's Mathis der Maler.

OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
The Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase 2011
The Opera Fund: Repertoire Development2004


Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Metropolitan OperaEl Niño4/23/2024 - 5/17/2024
Santa Fe OperaDoctor Atomic7/14/2018 - 8/16/2018
San Francisco OperaGirls of the Golden West11/21/2017 - 12/10/2017
Opera OmahaA Flowering Tree2/13/2015 - 2/15/2015
Cincinnati OperaA Flowering Tree6/30/2011 - 7/2/2011
Metropolitan OperaDoctor Atomic10/1/2008 - 11/12/2008
Chicago Opera TheaterA Flowering Tree5/5/2008 - 5/25/2008
Lyric Opera of ChicagoDoctor Atomic1/1/2008 - 12/18/2007
San Francisco OperaDoctor Atomic10/1/2005 - 10/21/2005
State Opera of South AustraliaEl Niño3/3/2002 - 3/6/2002
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