Doctor Atomic 2007

The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared.

Cast:

Gerald Finley
J. Robert Oppenheimer 

Jessica Rivera
Kitty Oppenheimer 

Eric Owens
Gen. Leslie Groves 

Richard Paul Fink
Edward Teller 

James Maddalena
Jack Hubbard 

Thomas Glenn
Robert Wilson