The read
It runs long at 3h 51m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- John AdamsOriginal Music Composer
- Peter SellarsDirector
- Peter SellarsWriter
Cast
- Gerald FinleyJ. Robert Oppenheimer
- Jessica RiveraKitty Oppenheimer
- Eric OwensGen. Leslie Groves
- Richard Paul FinkEdward Teller
- James MaddalenaJack Hubbard
- Thomas GlennRobert Wilson
- Jay Hunter MorrisCapt. James Nolan
- Ellen RabinerPasqualita
Stills
Themes
operamusical