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Doctor Atomic
Composer:John Coolidge Adams
Librettist:Peter Sellars
Synopsis
Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 1945: Germany has surrendered but Japan fights on, potentially costing hundreds of thousands more lives.

In the New Mexico desert a group of young physicists, led by the brilliant, complex J. Robert Oppenheimer, have labored furiously in race against Hitler to develop the world's first atomic bomb. In the unbearable tension of the final hours before the first test explosion, they confront huge moral questions, and grapple with the magnitude of the "gadget's" consequences.

Productions
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COMPANYTITLEDATES
Santa Fe OperaDoctor Atomic7/14/2018 - 8/16/2018
Metropolitan OperaDoctor Atomic10/1/2008 - 11/12/2008
Lyric Opera of ChicagoDoctor Atomic1/1/2008 - 12/18/2007
San Francisco OperaDoctor Atomic10/1/2005 - 10/21/2005


OPERA America/Opera.ca Grants Awarded
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GRANT NAMEYEAR
New Works Exploration Grants2017
The Opera Fund: Repertoire Development2004
Title Information

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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
2:53

 Number of Acts
2

 Vocal & Musical Forces
Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones, Bass-Baritone, Bass; Mixed Chorus of 45

 Original Cast
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Kristine Jepson (Kitty Oppenheimer)
Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller)
Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson)
James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard)
Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves)
Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan)
Beth Clayton (Pasqualita)


 
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