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Adams: Doctor Atomic
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer); Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer); Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves); Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller); James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard); Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson)
The longing to overcome human boundaries led 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 director and Erasmus Prize-winner Peter Sellars.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2008
Sound Formats: DTS Surround 5.1; 2.0 Dolby Digital
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, NE
Catalogue Number: OA0998D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/02/2009
Sound Formats: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 & 2.0; Dolby Digital 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, NE
Catalogue Number: OABD7020D
Conductor(s):
Lawrence Renes
Lawrence Renes
Orchestra(s):
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Gerald Finley; Jessica Rivera; Eric Owens; Richard Paul Fink; James Maddalena; Thomas Glenn; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Renes
Gerald Finley; Jessica Rivera; Eric Owens; Richard Paul Fink; James Maddalena; Thomas Glenn; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Renes
"The cast is flawless .. .Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire." (The Times)
"Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus. The sound quality is exceptionally good, as is the singing and playing under conductor Lawrence Renes." (BBC Music Magazine)
"Gerald Finley carries the problems of the world on his shoulders as Oppenheimer and the Netherlands Philharmonic and Lawrence Renes play like it’s the best score since Fidelio." (Gramophone)
"Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus. The sound quality is exceptionally good, as is the singing and playing under conductor Lawrence Renes." (BBC Music Magazine)
"Gerald Finley carries the problems of the world on his shoulders as Oppenheimer and the Netherlands Philharmonic and Lawrence Renes play like it’s the best score since Fidelio." (Gramophone)
Gerald Finley (J. Robert Oppenheimer); Jessica Rivera (Kitty Oppenheimer); Eric Owens (General Leslie Groves); Richard Paul Fink (Edward Teller); James Maddalena (Jack Hubbard); Thomas Glenn (Robert Wilson)
The longing to overcome human boundaries led 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 director and Erasmus Prize-winner Peter Sellars.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2008
Sound Formats: DTS Surround 5.1; 2.0 Dolby Digital
Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, NE
Catalogue Number: OA0998D
BLU-RAY
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/02/2009
Sound Formats: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 & 2.0; Dolby Digital 5.1
Ratio: 16:9
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, NE
Catalogue Number: OABD7020D
Conductor(s):
Lawrence Renes
Lawrence Renes
Orchestra(s):
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist(s):
Gerald Finley; Jessica Rivera; Eric Owens; Richard Paul Fink; James Maddalena; Thomas Glenn; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Renes
Gerald Finley; Jessica Rivera; Eric Owens; Richard Paul Fink; James Maddalena; Thomas Glenn; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Lawrence Renes
"The cast is flawless .. .Adams has created a beautiful provocative work that refreshes the repertoire." (The Times)
"Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus. The sound quality is exceptionally good, as is the singing and playing under conductor Lawrence Renes." (BBC Music Magazine)
"Gerald Finley carries the problems of the world on his shoulders as Oppenheimer and the Netherlands Philharmonic and Lawrence Renes play like it’s the best score since Fidelio." (Gramophone)
"Peter Sellars's film of the opera is expressionistic, claustrophobic, sometimes deliberately out of focus. The sound quality is exceptionally good, as is the singing and playing under conductor Lawrence Renes." (BBC Music Magazine)
"Gerald Finley carries the problems of the world on his shoulders as Oppenheimer and the Netherlands Philharmonic and Lawrence Renes play like it’s the best score since Fidelio." (Gramophone)
