Peter Sellars News

Pulitzer Prize–winning composer-conductor John Adams will return to the Met for the company premiere of his acclaimed opera-oratorio El Niño, opening on April 23.

Join Claudia Rankine, Anna Deavere Smith, Homi Bhabha, Saidiya Hartman, and others for a series of conversations and performances exploring public and private discourse at the Armory's Antagonisms: A Gathering on June 1.

HOME(land) featuring Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano, and Myra Huang, piano will be presented at the 92nd Street Y, New York. Learn how to purchase tickets!

The Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog, starring Academy Award nominee & Critics Choice Award Winner Rachel McAdams, begins previews on Broadway tonight, Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Meet the cast of Mary Jane here!

Girls of the Golden West, out April 26, 2024, is John Adams’ eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch Records.

This May, Shall We Gather at the River—a musical call to climate action delivered through powerful performances of J.S. Bach’s cantatas and Black American spirituals—will make its world premiere at Park Avenue Armory. Learn more about the show!

Beatrice di Tenda is now playing at the Paris Opera. Performances run through 7 March.

Cornerstone Theater Company will welcome new Co-Artistic Directors, Charlotte Brathwaite and Sunder Ganglani.  After 17 years as Cornerstone’s Artistic Director, Michael John Garcés stepped down in June 2023. Learn more about the new members of the team here!

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, along with violinist Lisa Batiashvili, embark on a three-concert Southern California tour March 20–22.

​​​​​​​Shriver Hall Concert Series (SHCS) — Baltimore's premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists — welcomes the acclaimed tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Mitsuko Uchida to Shriver Hall on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 5:30pm in their inaugural performance in the city of Baltimore.

ISOLA–a prismatic meditation on time, mental health and isolation– is the new opera by composer Alyssa Weinberg with a text by poet J. Mae Barizo that launches Long Beach Opera's 2024 Season.

The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) continues showcasing a chamber version of John Adams's, EL NINO, beckoning back to Handel's MESSIAH, which played a few days ago at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. It showcased spectacular singing from Julia Bullock, Davone Tines, Anthony Roth Costanzo and Jasmin White, under conductor Christian Reif.

DACAMERA has announced the singers for the world premiere of 'Music for New Bodies' by Matthew Aucoin and Peter Sellars.

American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) is heading to Yale Schwarzman Center to perform John Adams's oratorio El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered. Celebrating Latin American poets and the voices of women, this work, will make a one-night-only appearance on December 15 at 7:30 pm in Commons.

American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) presents 'El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered' at Stanford Live. This chamber music arrangement celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women.

American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) presents John Adams' El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Celebrating Latin American poets and the voices of women, this chamber-music arrangement features AMOC* with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, conducted by Christian Reif.

Park Avenue Armory has revealed its 2024 season, which will include exuberant performances created by groundbreaking choreographers, enveloping musical experiences, and more.

American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women with its production of John Adams' El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, a chamber-music arrangement with libretto by Peter Sellars and concept by AMOC* member Julia Bullock at the Lied Education Center for the Arts at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:30 pm.

The Oratorio Society of New York celebrates its 150th anniversary with the 149th performance of Handel's 'Messiah' at Carnegie Hall on December 18, 2023. Featuring renowned artists and led by Kent Tritle, this event is not to be missed.

Works & Process at the Guggenheim has announced the return of Third Bird by Isaac Mizrahi and Nico Muhly, Dance Heginbotham and Carnegie Hall's Ensemble Connect conducted by Michael P. Atkinson.