Doctor Atomic opera in two acts
(Music CD)
Author
Contributors
Sellars, Peter, librettist.
Finley, Gerald, 1960- singer.
Bullock, Julia, singer.
Sherratt, Brindley, singer.
Staples, Andrew, singer.
Finley, Gerald, 1960- singer.
Bullock, Julia, singer.
Sherratt, Brindley, singer.
Staples, Andrew, singer.
Published
New York : Nonesuch, [2018].
Format
Music CD
ISBN
9786317361577, 6317361576
Physical Desc
2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
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Published
New York : Nonesuch, [2018].
Language
English
ISBN
9786317361577, 6317361576
UPC
075597931075
Notes
General Note
Title from disc labels.
General Note
Includes program notes by Mark Swed, synopsis and libretto in English (64 unnumbered pages : portraits) laid in container.
Participants/Performers
Gerald Finley (Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer) ; Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer) ; Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller) ; Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson) ; Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita) ; Aubrey Allicock (General Leslie Groves) ; Marcus Farnsworth (Frank Hubbard) ; Samuel Sakker (Captain James Nolan) ; BBC Singers ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; John Adams, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Recorded,2017 April 18-25,BBC Maida Vale Studios,Barbican Centre, London.
Description
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.
Language
Sung in English.
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Morris County Library - Adult Media | B ADAM DA B 10 (15888) | Available |
| Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Media - Music | B ADAM DA B 10 | Available |
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Adams, J., Sellars, P., Finley, G., Bullock, J., Sherratt, B., Staples, A., Johnston, J. (., Allicock, A., Farnsworth, M., & Sakker, S. (2018). Doctor Atomic: opera in two acts . Nonesuch.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Adams et al.. 2018. Doctor Atomic: Opera in Two Acts. Nonesuch.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Adams et al.. Doctor Atomic: Opera in Two Acts Nonesuch, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Adams, John, et al. Doctor Atomic: Opera in Two Acts Nonesuch, 2018.
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