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Doctor Atomic is an opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera on October 1, 2005. The work focuses on how leading figures at Los Alamos dealt with the great stress and anxiety of preparing for the test of the first atomic bomb (the " Trinity " test).
4 de out. de 2020 · 153. 8.6K views 3 years ago. The original four-movement version of John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony received only one performance at the work’s premiere at the BBC Proms. Although the...
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John Adams’s mesmerizing score, in the powerful production of Penny Woolcock, tells the story of one of the pivotal moments in human history—the creation of the atomic bomb. Conducted by Alan Gilbert in his Met debut, this gripping opera presents the human face of the scientists, military men, and others who were involved in the project, as ...
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Commissioned by the San Francisco Opera. Video unavailable. Watch on YouTube. On Doctor Atomic. Doctor Atomic concerns the final hours leading up to the first atomic bomb explosion at the Alamagordo test site in New Mexico in July of 1945.
John Adams’s Doctor Atomic Stories of creation and destruction have long enjoyed a central place in the human imagination. Yet for much of our history, the power to create and destroy was the stuff of legend—until, in 1945, scientific ingenuity put these powers very much in the hands of humankind.
29 de jul. de 2023 · 57. 2.7K views 10 months ago. Composer John Adams breaks down the famous scene from his acclaimed opera "Doctor Atomic" featuring the aria "Batter My Heart," which takes place at the end of...
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Watch John Adams’s opera Doctor Atomic, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Met’s production, and use the accompanying Educator Guide to explore a defining moment of the twentieth century through the work of one of America’s greatest living composers.
