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Sarah's Music - Peter Sellars - staging classical music

January 29, 2016

Sarah talks to the acclaimed opera and theatre director Peter Sellars about staging classical music during his production of Debussy´s opera "Pelléas and Mélisande" in the Berlin Philharmonie.

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Peter Sellars, Sarah Willis, Berlin Philharmonic, opera, Claude Debussy, Pelléas and Mélisande
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Sarah's Music - Peter Sellars - Staging Classical Music

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