Peter Sellars News

The Metropolitan Opera Guild has announced its Lectures and Community Programs for the 2011-12 Season: an extensive - 20 events in October alone! - and wide-ranging calendar of individual events and courses of study designed to deepen the love and appreciation of opera by fans and performers alike, at every level of engagement and expertise.

CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

The 2011/12 season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic begins today.

Rolex and LIVE from the NYPL today announced that tickets are now on sale for the arts festival LIVE from the NYPL Presents the Rolex Arts Weekend.

This fall, the Rubin Museum of Art will present a dramatic sweep of cultural programming relating to Himalayan narrative, expressed through both the art of traditional storytelling and contemporary media such as film.

According to the Toronto Star, stage and screen star Geoffrey Rush will star as Man in the Chair in an upcoming big screen adaptation of the 2006 Broadway musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. Fred Schepisi is on board to direct the project. To read the full article, click here.

The U.S. premiere of Duality of Light, an interactive art installation by Australian Lynette Wallworth in Alice Tully Hall with free admission; a free concert by Malian ngoni virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and musicians; a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 classic film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, with an original score by renowned musicians Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of the downtempo groups Portishead and Goldfrapp; an encore performance of Four Quartets performed by Stephen Dillane and the Miró Quartet, directed by Katie Mitchell; and two conversations moderated by New York Public Radio's John Schaefer, The Self including biographer Edmund Morris and Soul Music including composer Philip Glass, have been added to the 2011 White Light Festival schedule, it was announced today by Jane Moss, Ehrenkranz Artistic Director at Lincoln Center.

Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum; Michael Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company; Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe; Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival; Deborah Shaw, World Shakespeare Festival Director and arts leaders from across the UK and the world joined together at the British Museum today to announce the programme for the World Shakespeare Festival and BP's sponsorship as Founding Presenting Partner.

Since Masterclass was created in 1998, it has established itself as the leading provider of free training for aspiring theatre makers. Masterclass runs a year round programme of talks, workshops, special projects, career advice sessions, showcases and performance opportunities for 14 - 30 year olds.

The Met's popular free Summer HD Festival returns for the third year beginning on Saturday, August 27 in Lincoln Center Plaza with Donizetti's Don Pasquale starring Anna Netrebko, conducted by Maestro James Levine.

Due to weather reports that predict hurricane-force winds and rain for New York City this weekend, the Metropolitan Opera has cancelled the first two Summer HD Festival outdoor screenings on Lincoln Center Plaza, originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

The Metropolitan Opera Guild pays tribute to the legendary American mezzo-soprano, Marilyn Horne, on Monday, October 31

'Hallelujah Broadway' showcases the emotional power of some of The Great White Way's most uplifting and powerful songs that have inspired millions of theatergoers. The show is a musical extravaganza performed with a 32-piece orchestra that will gladden hearts and give audiences something to cheer about.

The Met's popular free Summer HD Festival returns for the third year beginning on Saturday, August 27 in Lincoln Center Plaza with Donizetti's Don Pasquale starring Anna Netrebko, conducted by Maestro James Levine.

The seventh annual Opera News Awards will be presented on Sunday, April 29 at The Plaza in New York City, paying tribute to five extraordinary artists who have made an invaluable contribution to the art form: sopranos Karita Mattila and Anja Silja, baritones Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Peter Mattei, and director Peter Sellars.

Anish Kapoor, Brian Eno, and Peters Sellars are among the artists scheduled to participate in a series of public programs dedicated to the arts and creative collaboration in New York City this fall.

Following a successful season which brought Long Beach Opera (LBO) increased ticket sales, a 20% growth in its subscriber base, and an unprecedented number of sold out performances, LBO announces its plans for 2012. The ambitious 'Absurd-Bizarre- Surreal' season will include a double bill of one-acts and three full-length operas. Commenting on his selections, LBO's Artistic and General Director Andreas Mitisek says, 'I like to provide a diverse look into the world of rarely seen, little known masterworks. Each of the 2012 operas fits that category. Where most companies cozy up to composers of the 19th century, in the coming season, LBO will highlight composers of the 20th century (Francis Poulenc, Bohuslav Martinu, Astor Piazzolla) and the 21st (Osvaldo Golijov, Michael Nyman).