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Doctor Atomic : opera in two acts / John Adams ; libretto by Peter Sellars drawn from original sources.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, John, 1947- composer, conductor.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Drama.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.).
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967--Drama.
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert.
- Operas.
- Operas--Librettos.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Librettos.
- Streaming audio.
- Drama.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Other Title:
- Dr. Atomic
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nonesuch, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- 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.
- Participant:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Recorded 2017 April 18-25 BBC Maida Vale Studios Barbican Centre, London.
- Hard copy version record.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Adams, John, 1947- Doctor Atomic.
- OCLC:
- 1081334592
- Publisher Number:
- USNO11800001
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- 075597930238 Nonesuch
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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