Dr. Atomic: performance program and supplemental materials, 2005 October 16 and 18.

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Dr. Atomic: performance program and supplemental materials, 2005 October 16 and 18.

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Includes the program from the October 16, 2005 performance of "Dr. Atomic," by the San Fransisco Opera. Also included is an article about the performance from the New York Times, and notes from a pre-performance talk given by Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Adams, J. G.

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"Dr. Atomic" is an opera written and composed by American John Adams, and directed by Peter Sellars. The performance premiered October 1, 2005 at the San Francisco Opera. Based on Richard Rhodes' book "The Making of the Atomic Bomb," Adams' work focuses on physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the project he led to create, and detonate, the first atomic bomb. The opera takes place during the five days leading up to the explosion at the Trinity Site. From the description of Dr. Atomic: ...