Name: Doctor Atomic
Start: 2008-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Gerald Finley

Robert Oppenheimer

Richard Paul Fink

Edward Teller

Tenor

Thomas Glenn

Robert Wilson

Mezzo-soprano

Sasha Cooke

Kitty Oppenheimer

Meredith Arwady

Pasqualita

Bass

Eric Owens

General Leslie Groves

Earle Patriarco

Frank Hubbard

Roger Honeywell

Kapitän James Nolan

Conductor

Alan Gilbert

Stage director

Penny Woolcock

Costume designer

Catherine Zuber

Set designer

Julian Crouch

The Metropolitan Opera

English

Doctor Atomic

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human history—the creation of the atomic bomb. Conducted by Alan Gilbert in his Met debut, this gripping opera presents the human face of the scientists, military men, and others who were involved in the project, as they wrestled with the implications of their work. Baritone Gerald Finley gives a powerful star turn in the title role as the brilliant J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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