Storyline
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 & Crew
Gerald Finley
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Lead
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
ER
Ellen Rabiner
Pasqualita
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Sellars's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. John Adams: Doctor Atomic is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
