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Doctor Atomic (2007)
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.
Actor: Ellen Rabiner Eric Owens Gerald Finley James Maddalena Jay Hunter Morris Jessica Rivera Richard Paul Fink Thomas Glenn
Director: Peter Sellars
Country: Netherlands