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Additional authors

1. Sellars, Peter
2. Finley, Gerald, 1960-
3. Rivera, Jessica
4. Owens, Eric
5. Fink, Richard Paul
6. Maddalena, James
7. Glenn, Thomas
8. Morris, Jay Hunter
9. Rabiner, Ellen
10. Renes, Lawrence
11. Lobel, Adrianne
12. Ramicova, Dunya
13. Ingalls, James F.
14. Childs, Lucinda
15. Adams, John, 1947-
16. Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. prf
17. Nederlands Operakoor. prf
18. Nederlandse Opera

Description

1. 2 videodiscs (ca. 230 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Sellars, Peter > Interviews
2. Operas
3. Atomic bomb > Drama

Genre/Form

1. Operas.
2. Opera – Performance.
3. Nonfiction films.
4. Filmed performances.

Call number

1. *LDV 1358

Note

1. 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)

1. 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)

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

Audience (note)

1. Warning: contains graphic wartime images.

System details (note)

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

Language (note)

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

Title

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

Imprint

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

System details

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

Performer

1. 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

1. 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

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

Audience

1. Warning: contains graphic wartime images.

Language

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

Added author

1. Sellars, Peter. Librettist. Director. Interviewee
2. Finley, Gerald, 1960- Performer
3. Rivera, Jessica. Performer
4. Owens, Eric. Performer
5. Fink, Richard Paul. Performer
6. Maddalena, James. Performer
7. Glenn, Thomas. Performer
8. Morris, Jay Hunter. Performer
9. Rabiner, Ellen. Performer
10. Renes, Lawrence. Conductor
11. Lobel, Adrianne, set designer.
12. Ramicova, Dunya. Costume designer
13. Ingalls, James F., lighting designer.
14. Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.
15. Adams, John, 1947- Doctor Atomic.
16. Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Performer
17. Nederlands Operakoor. Performer
18. Nederlandse Opera.

Other standard identifier

1. 809478009986

Publisher no.

1. OA 0998 D Opus Arte

Research call number

1. *LDV 1358 Notes on file