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Peter Sellars, Director
"Mourning through Music"

A conversation permeated by live performance

Princeton University Concerts Debut

When

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 7:30PM

Where

Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall

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This event is currently available as part of a Music & Healing series subscription package and the Princeton University Student Early Bird program.
Make-Your-Own package sales begin Monday, May 12, 2025. Single ticket sales begin online on Monday, August 4, 2025 at 11AM, and by phone on Monday, September 8, 2025.

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Throughout his career, Peter Sellars has — be it in opera, theater, teaching or the director’s innumerable talks and interviews — demonstrated how whatever is at hand might serve to make ourselves more alive. Tragedy serves. Comedy serves. History serves. Spirituality serves. Human relationships serve. In all cases, the messier, the more revelatory. Art, meant for the moment, is always for Sellars about healing."

—The Los Angeles Times

Music & Healing

About the Event

“It’s not an accident that most of the greatest art comes from the most painful periods in human history,” asserts director Peter Sellars. Internationally renowned for his groundbreaking interpretations of opera and theater on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, from the Metropolitan Opera to the Salzburg Festival, he has dedicated his career to exploring the profound intersection of art and the human spirit. A MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and one of the most visionary voices in contemporary performance, Sellars invites you into an intimate conversation about the art born from his own life’s darkest moments—and how he has harnessed the transformative power of music to help others similarly navigate grief and mourning.

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  • Mourning through Music

    A conversation with Peter Sellars, permeated by live performance.


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