Doctor Atomic : opera in two acts

The Resource Doctor Atomic : opera in two acts
Label
Doctor Atomic : opera in two acts
Title remainder
opera in two acts
Statement of responsibility
John Adams ; libretto by Peter Sellars drawn from original sources
Title variation
Dr. Atomic
Creator
Contributor
Composer
Conductor
Instrumentalist
Librettist
Singer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In this first recording of John Adams's 2005 opera, the composer leads the BBC Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with a cast led by Gerald Finley, who originated the role of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the libretto, drawing from original sources to explore the final hours leading up to the first atomic bomb explosion at the Alamagordo test site in New Mexico in July 1945
Accompanying matter
  • libretto or text
  • technical information on music
  • historical information
  • other
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Date of event
2017 April 18-25
Dewey number
782.1
Form of composition
operas
Format of music
not applicable
Language note
Sung in English
LC call number
M1500.A33
LC item number
D63 2018
Music parts
not applicable
Other event information
Recorded
PerformerNote
Gerald Finley (Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer) ; Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer) ; Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller) ; Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson) ; Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita) ; Aubrey Allicock (General Leslie Groves) ; Marcus Farnsworth (Frank Hubbard) ; Samuel Sakker (Captain James Nolan) ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; John Adams, conductor
Place of event
  • BBC Maida Vale Studios
  • Barbican Centre, London
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable

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Context of Doctor Atomic : opera in two acts

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