Peter Sellars Movies
- 1987
King Lear
King Lear6.11987HD
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human...
- 2003
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution
Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution02003HD
Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we...
- 1987
Happy New Year
Happy New Year5.51987HD
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old...
- 2000
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music02000HD
Peer into the world of contemporary composer John Adams with this documentary that blends performance footage with insightful interviews and...
- 1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez4.81991HD
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat...
- 2006
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams02006HD
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...
- 2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am7.52019HD
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout...
- 1994
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice01994HD
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice,...
- 1992
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen01992HD
In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The...
- 2013
Britten: Nocturne
Britten: Nocturne02013HD
Tony Palmer directs this documentary exploring the life and work of the celebrated English composer, conductor and pianist. Britten is particularly...
- 2020
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
Jedermann auf der Weltbühne – 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele02020HD
- 1990
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte01990HD
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...
- 2018
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde02018HD
Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple...
- 2017
Only the Sound Remains
Only the Sound Remains02017HD
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...
- 2004
The Tristan Project
The Tristan Project02004HD
A four-hour plus video production inspired by Richard Wagner's oeuvre "Tristan und Isolde" and projected during the opera premiere in Paris, in...
- 1990
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars
Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars01990HD
This special program gives viewers a revealing look at Sellar's controversial productions of Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro and Cosi Fan...
- 2015
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories02015HD
Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories is a labyrinthine narrative in which notables such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and...
- 2000
John Adams: El Niño
John Adams: El Niño02000HD
Headlined by Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White and orchestrated by the Berlin German Symphony Orchestra, this Nativity oratorio...
- 2002
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container
Foreigners Out! Schlingensief's Container6.62002HD
FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of...
- 2008
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Adams: Doctor Atomic02008HD
John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human...