Name: Doctor Atomic
Start: 2007-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2007-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Gerald Finley

Robert Oppenheimer

Mezzo-soprano

Kristine Jepson

Kitty Oppenheimer

Bass

Eric Owens

General Leslie Groves

Richard Paul Fink

Edward Teller

James Maddalena

Jack Hubbard

Tenor

Thomas Glenn

Robert Wilson

Jay Hunter Morris

Kapitän James Nolan

Beth Clayton

Pasqualita

Conductor

Lawrence Renes

Stage director

Peter Sellars

Set designer

Adrianne Lobel

Costume designer

Dunya Ramicova

Lighting designer

James F Ingalls

Choreographer

Lucinda Childs

De Nationale Opera

Orchestra

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

Doctor Atomic

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds..." John Adams and Peter Sellars's opera about Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, stuns at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam.

What better subject could Adams and Sellars have chosen to illustrate the fall of the modern world? The atomic bomb and its inventor, Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley), are at the heart of the action in this opera, which premiered in 2005 at the San Francisco Opera. The world after Oppenheimer, inexorably shifting toward the nuclear era, will never be the same again—yet Sellars's immersive staging works also on a human scale, with love stories and broken hearts.

The title of this opera reminds us of the beloved film by Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), and features fantastic artists such as Gerald Finley who originated the role. It is, without any doubt, a seismic masterpiece of modern opera.

Doctor Atomic Adams,J

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Doctor Atomic by Adams, Sat 23 Jun 2007, From (2007/2007), Directed by Peter Sellars,, Conductor Lawrence Renes, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Crew

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