Doctor Atomic premier materials, 2005.

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Doctor Atomic premier materials, 2005.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62191662

Two newspaper clippings, one magazine article, one email printout, one opera magazine/program related to the October 2005 premier in San Francisco of the opera Doctor Atomic, by John Adams.

5 items + memo of transmittal

Western Washington University

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Western Washington University

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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: ...

Sellars, Peter.

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