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Peter Sellars Biography (1957-)

Born September 27, 1957, in Pittsburgh, PA; son of a radio station worker andan elementary school teacher. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: c/o University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, 226 Kaufman Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., Box 951361, LosAngeles, CA 90095.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Opera theatre director

Birth Details

September 27, 1957

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Director
• The Bedbug, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, MA, 1979
• (Translator with Sam Guckenheimer) The Inspector General, AmericanRepertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1980
• A Day in the Life of the Czar, or I Too Have Lived in Arcadia, NewYork City, 1980
• Kabuki Western, National Theater of the Deaf, Waterford, CT, 1980
• Orlando, American Repertory Theatre, 1982
• Ping, Boston Shakespeare Company, Boston, MA, 1982
• Play/Macbeth, Boston Shakespeare Company, 1982
• Pericles, Boston Shakespeare Company, 1983
• The Mikado, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1983
• The Visions of Simone Machard, La Jolla, CA, 1983
• Hang On to Me, Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1984
• The Seagull, American National Theatre, Washington, DC, 1985
• The Count of Monte Cristo, American National Theatre, 1985
• Idiot's Delight, American National Theatre, 1986
• Ajax, American National Theatre, 1986
• The Bob Hope War Zone Special, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1986
• Zangezi: A Supersaga in 20 Planes, Los Angeles, 1986, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, 1987
• The Persians, Salzburg Festival, Austria, 1993
• The Children of Herakles, Loeb Drama Center, 2003
• Also directed more than forty plays at Harvard University; director of numerous operas.
• Television Director
• Specials
• "Nixon in China," Great Performances, PBS, 1988
• Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars, PBS,1990
• (Opera director) Guilio Cesare in Egitto (also known as JuliusCaesar in Egypt), 1990
• (Opera director) Don Giovanni, 1990
• Le nozze di Figaro, 1990
• (Opera director) Cosi fan tutte, 1990
• "Peter Sellars Directs the Marriage of Figaro," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
• "Peter Sellars Directs Don Giovanni," Great Performances, PBS, 1991
• "Peter Sellars Directs Cosi Fan Tutte," Great Performances, PBS, 1991
• (Opera director) Theodora, Channel 4, 1996
• (Opera director) El nino (also known as La nativite), BBC,2000
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars, PBS,1990
• Host, "Peter Sellars Directs the Marriage of Figaro," Great Performances, PBS, 1990
• Host, "Peter Sellars Directs Don Giovanni," Great Performances, PBS, 1991
• Host, "Peter Sellars Directs Cosi Fan Tutte," Great Performances,PBS, 1991
• Peter Sellars: A Portrait, 1998
• Film Work
• Assistant Director, King Lear, Cannon, 1988
• Director, The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, Mediascope, 1991
• Film Appearances
• Happy New Year, Columbia, 1987
• William Shakespeare, Jr., V, King Lear, Cannon, 1988
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, Mediascope, 1991
• Television Movies
• El nino (opera; also known as La nativite), BBC, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• International Dictionary of Opera, St. James Press, 1993

Periodicals

• Interview, September, 1990, p. 50
• Opera News, June, 2000, p. 16
• Theatre Crafts, January, 1990, p. 40