American theater and opera director Peter Sellars is renowned for his groundbreaking and transformative interpretations of artistic masterpieces and for collaborative projects with an extraordinary range of creative artists. He gained international acclaim for his stagings in the late 1980s of the Mozart trilogy Cosi fan Tutte (set in a diner on Cap Cod), The Marriage of Figaro (set in a luxury apartment in New York City's Trump Tower), and Don Giovanni (set in New York City's Spanish Harlem). Sellars has collaborated on the creation of many works with composer John Adams, including Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, El Niño, Doctor Atomic, A Flowering Tree, and The Gospel According to the Other Mary. He has staged operas at the Dutch National Opera, English National Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, l'Opéra National de Paris, Salzburg Festival, and San Francisco Opera, among others. Upcoming projects in 2017 include productions of La Clemenza di Tito at the Salzburg Festival and the premiere of John Adams’ new opera Girls of the Golden West at the San Francisco Opera. Sellars has led several major arts festivals, including the Los Angeles Festival (1990 and 1993), the Adelaide Arts Festival (2002), and New Crowned Hope (2006) in Vienna. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Holland Festival has presented The Children of Herakles (2004), Bach Cantatas (2005), Doctor Atomic (2007), and Desdemona (2013), written by Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison and Malian composer Rokia Traoré.