Adams's Doctor Atomic

Peter Sellars (stage director), Lawrence Renes (music director) — With Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer), Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson), Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer)

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Cast

Peter Sellars — Stage director

Adrianne Lobel — Set designer

Dunya Ramicova — Costumes

James F. Ingalls — Lighting

Gerald Finley — J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jessica Rivera — Kitty Oppenheimer

Eric Owens — General Leslie Groves

Richard Paul Fink — Edward Teller

James Maddalena — Jack Hubbard

Thomas Glenn — Robert Wilson

Jay Hunter Morris — Captain James Nolan

Ellen Rabiner — Pasqualita

Koor Van De Nederlandese Opera

Martin Wright — Chorus master

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

Program notes

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds..." John Adams and Peter Sellars's opera about Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, stuns at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam.

Appears in

#Musics from the Americas #The World's Greatest Concert Halls #Music, History, and Politics #The Faust legend in music #American Composers #Contemporary operas #War and peace in music #Operalia Prizewinners: Where Are They Now?

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Directed by:

Peter Sellars

Venue: Dutch National Opera & Ballet (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Production date: 2007

Duration: 2 h 51 min

Available subtitle(s): EN, ES, DE

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