Doctor Atomic: opera in two acts
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, John 1947- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: BBC Singers (Singer), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Sellars, Peter 1957- (Librettist), Finley, Gerald 1960- (Singer), Bullock, Julia (Singer), Sherratt, Brindley ca. 20. Jh (Singer), Staples, Andrew ca. 20./21. Jh (Singer), Johnston, Jennifer (Singer), Allicock, Aubrey (Singer), Farnsworth, Marcus 1983- (Singer), Sakker, Samuel (Singer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: New York Nonesuch [2018]
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Abstract: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
Item Description:Title from disc labels
Includes program notes by Mark Swed, synopsis and libretto in English (64 unnumbered pages : portraits) laid in container
Physical Description:2 CDs 12 cm 1 Beiheft (60 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 13 x 13 cm)