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John Adams: Doctor Atomic

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John Adams: Doctor Atomic

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3h 51m

2007

Synopsis

The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared.

Director

Peter Sellars

DramaMusic

operamusical

Cast & Crew

Gerald Finley

Gerald Finley

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jessica Rivera

Jessica Rivera

as Kitty Oppenheimer

Eric Owens

Eric Owens

as Gen. Leslie Groves

Richard Paul Fink

Richard Paul Fink

as Edward Teller

James Maddalena

James Maddalena

as Jack Hubbard

Thomas Glenn

Thomas Glenn

as Robert Wilson

Jay Hunter Morris

Jay Hunter Morris

as Capt. James Nolan

Ellen Rabiner

as Pasqualita

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