John Adams Doctor Atomic
John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Overview
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
Gerald Finley
Jessica Rivera
Eric Owens
Richard Paul Fink
James Maddalena
Thomas Glenn
Jay Hunter Morris
Ellen Rabiner
Crew
Peter Sellars
Lawrence Renes
Peter Sellars
Dunya Ramicova
James F. Ingalls
Lucinda Childs
Mark Grey
