Peter Sellars

Sellars is a genuine visionary, and I do not use that word lightly. Harvard-trained and Pittsburgh-born, he reimagines classical and contemporary opera and theatre with a boldness few directors dare attempt, which the MacArthur Fellowship, the Erasmus Prize and the Polar Music Prize all underline. What fascinates me most is his teaching at UCLA, framing art as social and moral action; this is someone who treats the stage as a tool for changing the world, not merely decorating it. Half a century of restless, provocative work has made him a towering figure, and I deeply admire his refusal to play it safe.

Peter Sellars (born September 27, 1957) is an American theatre director, noted for his unique stagings of classical and contemporary operas and plays. Sellars is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he teaches Art as Social Action and Art as Moral Action. He has been described as a key figure of theatre and opera for the last 50 years.

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Name (English)

Peter Sellars

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・セラーズ

Reading

ぴーたー・せらーず

Born

September 27, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

theatre director / film director / screenwriter / director / librettist

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Harvard University

Awards & achievements

• MacArthur Fellows Program
• 1998 Erasmus Prize
• 2014 Polar Music Prize

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%20(%E6%BC%94%E5%87%BA%E5%AE%B6)

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• theatre director
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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