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ParisPerle noire : méditations pour JoséphineNew production
Sorey: Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine
Tyshawn Sorey; Peter Sellars; Opéra national de Paris; Carlos J Soto; James F Ingalls; International Contemporary Ensemble; Claudia Rankine
LondonPerle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine
Sorey: Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine
Peter Sellars; Carlos J Soto; James F Ingalls; International Contemporary Ensemble; Jody Elff
GenevaOnly the Sound Remains
Saariaho: Only The Sound Remains
Ernest Martínez Izquierdo; Peter Sellars; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Julie Mehretu; Robby Duiveman; James F Ingalls; Ensemble Contrechamps
Los AngelesRituals: One Morning Turns Into an Eternity
Schoenberg, Webern, Mahler
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Peter Sellars; Aušrinė Stundytė; Fleur Barron
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Julia Bullock in Meditations for Joséphine at Adelaide Festival
A challenging depiction of Joséphine Baker brilliantly performed by Julia Bullock under the direction of Peter Sellars at the Adelaide Festival.
Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater
This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.
Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies at Lincoln Center
Aucoin, librettist Jorie Graham and director Peter Sellars make New Bodies more a haunting mood piece than a cautionary tale for the American Modern Opera Company.
Bach cantatas, American spirituals, global calamity
The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: an intermingling of Bach’s cantatas and American spirituals depicts an environmental message that the impending end won’t be personal, but global.
Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin
Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.
An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues
Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.
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ParisBeatrice di TendaNew production
Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda
Mark Wigglesworth; Peter Sellars; Opéra national de Paris; George Tsypin; Camille Assaf; James F Ingalls; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisCastor et Pollux
Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Teodor Currentzis; Peter Sellars; Opéra national de Paris; Joelle Aoun; Camille Assaf; James F Ingalls; Utopia
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Birgit Nilsson Prize awarded to Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Classical music’s most lucrative award, of $1 million, has been given to the prestigious French summer opera festival, in particular recognition of Kaija Saariaho’s opera Innocence.