Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created Doctor Atomic’s libretto, drawing from original sources. Nonesuch releases the first studio recording of John Adams’ 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic. ‘A magnificent accomplishment that easily takes its place alongside the other Adams-Sellars triumphs … It contains music of unearthly splendor … gorgeous lushness and … rich expressivity’ - Los Angeles Times ‘His most visionary and ambitious stage work to date … Adams’s conducting, second to none in his own music, had tremendous conviction and unique authority, with every facet of the score’s terrible beauty laid bare … thrilling playing and choral singing … Gerald Finley conveyed Oppenheimer’s moral agony with singing of great refinement and subtlety.’ - Guardian John Adams conducts Gerald Finley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the first audio recording of his 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic. If you believe that any review contained on our site infringes upon your copyright, please email us.
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