John Adams: Doctor Atomic (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.
Release Date: 2007-06-01
Runtime: 231 minutes
Director: Peter Sellars
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- Gerald Finley as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Jessica Rivera as Kitty Oppenheimer
- Eric Owens as Gen. Leslie Groves
- Richard Paul Fink as Edward Teller
- James Maddalena as Jack Hubbard
- Thomas Glenn as Robert Wilson
- Jay Hunter Morris as Capt. James Nolan
- Ellen Rabiner as Pasqualita
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