Doctor Atomic / Adams ; De Nederlandse Opera, NPS ; Peter Sellars, director, stage director.

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John Adams and Peter Sellars' opera about Robert Oppenheimer, at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. Which better subject John Adams and Peter Sellars could have chosen to denonciate the fall of the modern world? The atomic bomb and its inventor, Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley), are in the middle...

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Uniform Title:Medici.tv.
Corporate Authors: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (Instrumentalist)
Nederlands Operakoor (Singer)
Nederlandse Opera (Production company)
Nederlandse Programma Stichting (Production company)
Other Authors: Finley, Gerald, 1960- (Singer)
Rivera, Jessica (Soprano) (Singer)
Owens, Eric, 1970- (Singer)
Fink, Richard Paul (Singer)
Maddalena, James (Singer)
Glenn, Thomas (Singer)
Morris, Jay Hunter (Singer)
Rabiner, Ellen (Singer)
Renes, Lawrence (Conductor)
Adams, John, 1947-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in English; English subtitles.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : De Nederlandse Opera : NPS, [2007]
Series:Medici.tv.
Subjects:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, > 1904-1967 > Drama.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) > Drama.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, > 1904-1967.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Operas.
Atomic bomb > Drama.
Atomic bomb.
Drama.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Drama.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (medici.tv EDU)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 51 min., 9 sec.)) : sound, color
Format: Electronic Video
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John Adams and Peter Sellars' opera about Robert Oppenheimer, at the Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam. Which better subject John Adams and Peter Sellars could have chosen to denonciate the fall of the modern world? The atomic bomb and its inventor, Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley), are in the middle of the action of this opera, which premiered in 2005 at the San Francisco Opera. After him, the world will never be the way it used to be, and is inexorably shifting towards the nuclear era. And yet, this opera focuses on common and universal problems, including love stories and broken hearts. The title of this opera reminds us of the famous movie by Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), and features fantastic artists such as Gerald Finley who created the role in 2005: it is without any doubt a masterpiece which "modernizes" the issues on the lyric planet.
Call Number:M1500
Playing Time:02:51:09
Participant or Performer:
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer) ; Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer) ; Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves) ; Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller) ; James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard) ; Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson) ; Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan) ; Ellen Rabiner (Pasqualita) ; Koor Van De Nederlandse Opera ; Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ; Lawrence Renes, conductor.
Event Details:
Recorded 2007 De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Source of Description:
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