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The longing to overcome human boundaries lead the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to begin an experiment that formed a threat to the whole of humanity, and whose scientific results still do today. The question of the moral implications of the atomic bomb is raised in John Adams opera, just as much as that of the influence on the private lives of the main characters. Doctor Atomic is the fifth work to result from almost twenty years of collaboration between the American composer and his fellow American...

CLASSICAL DVD - Composer John Adams authored this distinctly modern opera, commissioned and mounted by The San Francisco Opera in conjunction with De Nederlandse Opera and The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and helmed for the stage by the controversial Peter Sellars. Written and performed entirely in English, it weaves the tale of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the detonation of the first atomic bomb outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Gerald Finley stars as Oppenheimer; Jessica Rivera as his wife, Kitty; and Eric Owens as General Leslie Groves. Those with strong stomachs should be forewarned that the program incorporates graphic images of wartime carnage. Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide - Doctor Atomic (DVD)

Finley stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer in this DVD of John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic, which focuses on the Manhattan project in the hours leading up to the first detonation of the atomic bomb. Reprising the role he sang at the opera’s 2005 premiere in San Francisco for this performance from De Nederlandse Opera, Finley is a dynamic, convincing character on stage. Peter Sellars’ libretto, drawing on historical documents, focuses not on a dramatic narrative but on the fears, anxieties and desires...