JOHN ADAMS

 

Doctor Atomic

 

J. Robert Oppenheimer: Gerald Finley

Kitty Oppenheimer: Jessica Rivera

General Leslie Groves: Eric Owens

Edward Teller: Richard Paul Fink

Jack Hubbard: James Maddalena

Robert Wilson: Thomas Glenn

Captain James Nolan: Jay Hunter Morris

Pasqualita: Ellen Rabiner

 

Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes

 

Stage Director: Peter Sellars

 

Bonus material:

Interview with Peter Sellars.

Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery.

 

Recorded live at Het Musiektheater, Amsterdam on 7th, 25th & 29th June 2007.

 

The longing to overcome human boundaries led the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to begin an experiment that formed a threat to the whole of humanity, and whose scientific results still do today. The question of the moral implications of the atomic bomb is raised in John Adams’ opera, just as much as that of the influence on the private lives of the main characters. Doctor Atomic is the fifth work to result from almost twenty years of collaboration between the American composer and his fellow American director and Erasmus Prize-winner Peter Sellars.

 

‘The cast is flawless… Kristine Jepson as Kitty Oppenheimer holds the stage sublimely… Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire.’ The Times

 

Running time 228 mins

Region code All regions

Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic

Sound format DTS Surround 5.1 / 2.0 Dolby Digital

Menu language EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/NE

 

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