John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007)

John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2007)

2007-06-01 Netherlands 231 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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

Gerald Finley is J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Jessica Rivera is Kitty Oppenheimer
Kitty Oppenheimer
Eric Owens is Gen. Leslie Groves
Gen. Leslie Groves
Richard Paul Fink is Edward Teller
Edward Teller
James Maddalena is Jack Hubbard
Jack Hubbard
Thomas Glenn is Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Jay Hunter Morris is Capt. James Nolan
Capt. James Nolan
Ellen Rabiner is Pasqualita
Pasqualita