Peter Sellars

Classical Album Review: Matthew Aucoin’s “Music for New Bodies” Poses Big Questions, with Uneven Answers

November 1, 2026
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The composer leads a virtuosic debut recording of his Jorie Graham–inspired oratorio, whose striking invention is sometimes blunted by relentless intensity

Opera Review: “Nixon in China” at The Shalin Liu Performance Center

February 14, 2011
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Although its interior says 21st century, the Shalin Liu Performance Center has a homespun, American 19th-century facade that made me think of Mark Twain and the provincial opera houses of the California Gold Rush. Care was taken to reference the original Haskins Building that once housed a clothing store called Madras and the local yacht…

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