John Adams: Doctor Atomic

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.

• John AdamsOriginal Music Composer
• Peter SellarsDirector
• Peter SellarsWriter

• 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