John Adams: Doctor Atomic

Year: 2007

Runtime: 231 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Sellars

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The European premiere presents John Adams’s opera, libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co‑production of San Francisco Opera (original venue), Lyric Opera of Chicago and De Nederlandse Opera. It dramatizes the stress and anxiety of Los Alamos personnel as they prepare for the Trinity test, the first atomic bomb detonation.

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