| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 230 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color ; 18 cm) |
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digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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LPCM |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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all regions |
| System Details |
DVD; LPCM stereo., digital DTS surround; aspect ratio 16/9 anamorphic; double layer disc; all regions. |
| Performer |
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) ; Jay Hunter Morris (Captain James Nolan) ; Ellen Rabiner (Pasqualita) ; Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest ; Koor van De Nederlands Opera ; Lawrence Renes, conductor. |
| Credits |
Sets, Adrianne Lobel ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, James F. Ingalls ; choreography, Lucinda Childs ; sound, Mark Grey ; De Nederlandse Opera in cooperation with San Francisco Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago for the Holland Festival. |
| Event |
Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 7, 25 & 29 June 2007. |
| Audience |
Warning: contains graphic wartime images. |
| Note |
Extra features: illustrated synopsis; cast gallery; mini documentaries about the opera, the cast, the composer and the director; interview with Peter Sellars, librettist & stage director. |
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Program notes in English, French and German (25 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
J. Robert Oppenheimer began 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 Adams opera. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Act 1 ; Synopsis ; Cast gallery -- Disc 2. Act 2 ; Documentaries ; Interview. |
| Language |
Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Atomic bomb -- Drama.
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Atomic bomb. |
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Drama.
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| Subject |
Sellars, Peter -- Interviews.
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Sellars, Peter. |
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Interviews.
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Opera -- Performance.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Sellars, Peter, librettist, director, interviewee.
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Finley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
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Rivera, Jessica (Soprano), performer.
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Owens, Eric, 1970- performer.
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Fink, Richard Paul, performer.
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Maddalena, James, performer.
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Glenn, Thomas, performer.
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Morris, Jay Hunter, performer.
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Rabiner, Ellen, performer.
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Renes, Lawrence, conductor.
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Lobel, Adrianne, designer.
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Ramicova, Dunya, designer.
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Childs, Lucinda, choreographer.
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Adams, John, 1947-
Doctor Atomic.
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Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, performer.
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Nederlands Operakoor, performer.
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Nederlandse Opera.
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Nederlandse Programma Stichting.
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Opus Arte (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
809478009986 |
| Music No. |
OA 0998 D Opus Arte |
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