John Adams (1947)

Doctor Atomic (2004 -2005)

opera in two acts

electronic work
stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2004 - 2005
    • Duration: 3 h 20 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Commission: San Francisco Opera
    • Dedication: Bob Hurwitz
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Peter Sellars, d’après Baudelaire, John Donne, Baghavad Gita, Muriel Rukeyser et des document déclassifiés, articles de presse, articles scientifiques.

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 2 mezzo-sopranos [Kitty Oppenheimer ; Pasqualita] , 2 tenors [Robert Wilson ; Captain James Nolan] , 3 baritones [Robert Oppenheimer ; Edward teller ; Jack Hubbard ] , 1 bass voice [Général Leslie Groves ]
  • mixed choir
  • 3 flutes (also 2 piccolos), 3 oboes (also 1 English horn), 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 1 contrabass clarinet), 3 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 1 piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 timpani, 4 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 1 October 2005
    Location:

    États-Unis, San Francisco, Opera


    Performers:

    Donald Runnicles : direction, Robert Oppenheimer : Gerald Finley, Kitty Oppenheimer : Kristine Jepson, Général Leslie Groves : Eric Owens, Edward Teller : Richard Paul Fink, Robert Wilson : Thomas Glenn, Jack Hubbard : James Maddalena, Captain James Nolan : Jay Hunter Morris, Pasqualita : Beth Clayton. Adrienne Lobel : mise en scène, James F. Ingalls : lumières, Lucinda Childs : chorégraphie, Mark Grey : sound design, Ian Robertson : direction du chœur.

Information on the electronics
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