John Adams: Doctor Atomic

06/01/2007

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3hrs 51min

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Drama

,Music

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Gerald Finley
  • Jessica Rivera
  • Eric Owens
  • Richard Paul Fink
  • James Maddalena

    Director

  • Peter Sellars

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • De Nederlandse Opera

    Production Countries

  • Netherlands

LANGUAGES

  • English