John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007)
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
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Gerald Finley as J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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Jessica Rivera as Kitty Oppenheimer |
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Eric Owens as Gen. Leslie Groves |
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Richard Paul Fink as Edward Teller |
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James Maddalena as Jack Hubbard |
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Thomas Glenn as Robert Wilson |
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Jay Hunter Morris as Capt. James Nolan |
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Ellen Rabiner as Pasqualita |
| Sound | John Adams | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Peter Sellars | Director |
| Sound | Lawrence Renes | Conductor |
| Writing | Peter Sellars | Writer |
| Sound | Mark Grey | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dunya Ramicova | Costume Design |
| Lighting | James F. Ingalls | Lighting Director |
| Crew | Lucinda Childs | Choreographer |
