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Title:

Doctor Atomic [DVD] : opera in two acts / composer, John Adams ; libretto, Peter Sellars from original sources ; stage director, Peter Sellars.

Format:

[DVD] :

Publisher:

Opus Arte,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 230 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Operas.
Atomic bomb--Drama.
Sellars, Peter--Interviews.
Filmed operas.
Opera--Performance.
Nonfiction films.
DVD videodisc.

Other Authors:

Sellars, Peter. ive drt ive
Finley, Gerald, 1960- prf
Rivera, Jessica. prf
Owens, Eric. prf
Fink, Richard Paul. prf
Maddalena, James. prf
Glenn, Thomas. prf
Morris, Jay Hunter. prf
Rabiner, Ellen. prf
Renes, Lawrence. cnd
Lobel, Adrianne. dsr
Ramicova, Dunya. dsr
Childs, Lucinda. chr
Adams, John, 1947- Doctor Atomic.
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. prf
Nederlands Operakoor. prf
Nederlandse Opera.

Notes:

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) ; Ruud van Eijk (Lieutenant Bush) ; Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ; Koor van De Nederlands Opera ; Lawrence Renes, conductor. Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 7, 25 & 29 June 2007. Extra features: illustrated synopsis; cast gallery; mini documentaries about the opera, the cast, the composer and the director; interview with Peter Sellars, librettist & stage director.

Summary:

J. Robert Oppenheimer began an experiment that formed a threat to the whole of humanity, and whose scientific results still do today. The question of the moral implications of the atomic bomb is raised in Adams opera.

UPC:

809478009986

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)