Peter Sellars Movies

  • 2010
    Bach: St. Matthew Passion

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion

    02010HD

    Sir Simon Rattle was in no doubt: the performance of the St Matthew Passion which he realised together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and the...

    Bach: St. Matthew Passion
  • 2006
    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

    02006HD

    Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against...

    Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
  • 2013
    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

    Britten: Nocturne

    02013HD

    Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...

    Britten: Nocturne
  • 2000
    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music

    02000HD

    Peer into the world of contemporary composer John Adams with this documentary that blends performance footage with insightful interviews and...

    John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
  • 2000
    John Adams: El Niño

    John Adams: El Niño

    John Adams: El Niño

    02000HD

    Headlined by Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White and orchestrated by the Berlin German Symphony Orchestra, this Nativity oratorio...

    John Adams: El Niño
  • 2007
    John Adams: Doctor Atomic

    John Adams: Doctor Atomic

    John Adams: Doctor Atomic

    02007HD

    The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San...

    John Adams: Doctor Atomic
  • 2018
    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

    02018HD

    Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience...

    Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life
  • 1990
    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

    01990HD

    Though performed in the original Italian, Peter Sellars' production of Cosi fan tutte relocates Mozart's comedy of love to the neon-and-chrome glare...

    Così fan tutte
  • 2004
    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin

    02004HD

    This is the 2004 version of Kaija Saariaho's opera performed by the Finnish National Opera and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

    Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
  • 2015
    Pelleas et Melisande

    Pelleas et Melisande

    Pelleas et Melisande

    02015HD

    Thriller, intimate play, relationship drama: Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande is all that and much more. The New York Times wrote about...

    Pelleas et Melisande
  • 1990
    Handel: Giulio Cesare

    Handel: Giulio Cesare

    Handel: Giulio Cesare

    01990HD

    Director Peter Sellars helms this provocative adaptation of George Frideric Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare," sung in the original Italian by soprano...

    Handel: Giulio Cesare
  • 2017
    Mozart: La clemenza di Tito

    Mozart: La clemenza di Tito

    Mozart: La clemenza di Tito

    02017HD

    How do we live together in an age of conflict? How do you heal a divided and angry people? In their 2017 production of Mozart’s La clemenza di...

    Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
  • 2012
    Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real

    Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real

    Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real

    02012HD

    Iolanta is a one act lyric opera, sung in Russian, by Tchaikovsky. Performed in the style of a nineteenth-century Italian melodrama, the scenes have...

    Iolanta / Perséphone – Teatro Real
  • 2017
    Only the Sound Remains

    Only the Sound Remains

    Only the Sound Remains

    02017HD

    This DVD and Blu-ray derive from the world premiere performances, at the Dutch National Opera in 2016, of Only the Sound Remains, a Japanese-inspired...

    Only the Sound Remains
  • 2019
    Mozart: Idomeneo

    Mozart: Idomeneo

    Mozart: Idomeneo

    02019HD

    Considered to be one of his most brilliant creations, Mozart’s Idomeneo is a perfect masterpiece for the two enfants terribles of classical...

    Mozart: Idomeneo
  • 2015
    Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary

    Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary

    Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary

    22015HD

    The impact of wunderkind theatre director Reza Abdoh's explosive work is finally brought to light twenty years after his death of AIDS, with live...

    Reza Abdoh: Theater Visionary
  • 2021
    this body is so impermanent…

    this body is so impermanent…

    this body is so impermanent…

    02021HD

    A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation...

    this body is so impermanent…