Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, UK : Opus Arte, [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

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

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.

Subjects

• Filmed performances
• Operas
• Opera > Performance
• Nonfiction films
• Atomic bomb > Drama
• Sellars, Peter > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Operas.
• Opera – Performance.
• Nonfiction films.
• Filmed performances.

Note

• 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.

Credits (note)

• Sets, Adrianne Lobel ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, James F. Ingalls ; choreography, Lucinda Childs ; sound, Mark Grey ; co-production of San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and De Nederlandse Opera.

Event (note)

• Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 7, 25 & 29 June 2007.

Audience (note)

• Warning: contains graphic wartime images.

System Details (note)

• DVD; LPCM stereo., digital DTS surround; aspect ratio 16/9 anamorphic; double layer disc; all regions.

Language (note)

• Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.

Call Number

*LDV 1358

LCCN

809478009986

OCLC

260605591

Title

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

Imprint

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, UK : Opus Arte, [2008]

System Details

DVD; LPCM stereo., digital DTS surround; aspect ratio 16/9 anamorphic; double layer disc; all regions.

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) ; Ruud van Eijk (Lieutenant Bush) ; Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ; Koor van De Nederlands Opera ; Lawrence Renes, conductor.

Credits

Sets, Adrianne Lobel ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, James F. Ingalls ; choreography, Lucinda Childs ; sound, Mark Grey ; co-production of San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and De Nederlandse Opera.

Event

Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 7, 25 & 29 June 2007.

Audience

Warning: contains graphic wartime images.

Language

Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.

Added Author

Sellars, Peter. Librettist. Director. Interviewee

Finley, Gerald, 1960- Performer

Rivera, Jessica. Performer

Owens, Eric. Performer

Fink, Richard Paul. Performer

Maddalena, James. Performer

Glenn, Thomas. Performer

Morris, Jay Hunter. Performer

Rabiner, Ellen. Performer

Renes, Lawrence. Conductor

Lobel, Adrianne, set designer.

Ramicova, Dunya. Costume designer

Ingalls, James F., lighting designer.

Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.

Adams, John, 1947- Doctor Atomic.

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Performer

Nederlands Operakoor. Performer

Nederlandse Opera.

Other Standard Identifier

809478009986

Publisher No.

OA 0998 D Opus Arte

Research Call Number

*LDV 1358 Notes on file