In this program, Peter Sellars, internationally known director of stage and opera, appears in conversation with James Cuno, President of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Their conversation addresses the art of stage direction and the artists and artistic movements that have influenced Sellars’ career. In addition, they discuss Sellars’ recent, current and future projects. Sellars will direct George Frideric Handel’s Hercules at Lyric Opera of Chicago during their 2010—2011 season. This program was presented as part of the Chicago Public Library’s Reading is Art-Rageous: Summer Reads for Adults programming.

Recorded Wednesday, August 04, 2010 at Harold Washington Library Center.