John Adams: Doctor Atomic
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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.
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Cast
19 people
Gerald Finley
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Jessica Rivera
Kitty Oppenheimer
Peter Sellars
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Happy New Year
John Adams
Ferenc van Damme
Eric Owens
Gen. Leslie Groves
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Das Rheingold
Lucinda Childs
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Manual of Arms
21:12 Piano Bar
Frank van Praag
Richard Paul Fink
Edward Teller
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Samson et Dalila
James F. Ingalls
James Maddalena
Jack Hubbard
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Lawrence Renes
Self - Musical Director
Peter Sellars Director · John Adams Composer Dunya Ramicova Costume designer
First release June 1, 2007 · Produced in Netherlands · Production CoBo Fund, Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
Production
De Nederlandse Opera
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CoBo Fund
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Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
Production · Distribution
Netherlands
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · June 1, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
August 21, 2010
United Kingdom
July 28, 2008 · DVD premiere
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