John Adams: Doctor Atomic

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 J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jessica Rivera Kitty Oppenheimer

Eric Owens Gen. Leslie Groves Richard Paul Fink Edward Teller James Maddalena Jack Hubbard Thomas Glenn Robert Wilson Jay Hunter Morris Capt. James Nolan Ellen Rabiner Pasqualita

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