Peter Sellars — opera director, spiritual thinker, optimist — reflects on changes triggered by coronavirus. Amid tragedy, what new life might come forth?
Passover and Easter inspired some of the most spiritually profound music. Why it’s time to hear these works by Bach, Wagner, Schoenberg and Adams.“Of course, it is this magical thing taking you to another era in human history where music was made in people’s homes,” Sellars said, “and where a sense of intimacy is at the very heart of the artistic project.
“Finally, the conversation is not being dominated by money,” Sellars said with a sense of triumph in his voice, “but by something else.what we’re talking about at the moment. Mostly if we hear anything in the public sphere, it’s because somebody paid for you to hear it. So almost everything in the public sphere for these last years, whether considered propaganda or public-spirited, is actually the sound of money.
“The virus is not interested in borders,” Sellars said. “It’s not interested in border security. The virus moves in a way that actually is a wake-up call.”
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