Adams, John. <br/><br/>
Doctor Atomic  [videorecording] / 

 - Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, UK :  Opus Arte,  2008, 2007 
 - 2 videodiscs (230 min.)  :  sd., col.;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Opera in 2 acts.  Libretto Peter Sellers from original sources.  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.  Program notes in English, French and German (25 p. : ill.) inserted in container. 
<br/><br/>Disc 1. Act 1 ; Synopsis ; Cast gallery -- Disc 2. Act 2 ; Documentaries ; Interview. 
<br/><br/>Stage director, Peter Sellars ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and the NPS. 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.  Stage director, Peter Sellars ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and the NPS. 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. 
<br/><br/>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) ; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra ; Chorus of  De Nederlands Opera ; Lawrence Renes, conductor. 
<br/><br/> Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 7, 25 & 29 June 2007 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Not rated. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, ALL regions. 
<br/><br/><br/>Sung  in English, subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>OA 0998 D  Opus Arte 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 --Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Manhattan Project (U.S.)--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Atomic bomb--Drama.<br/>Interviews--Musicians
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Operas.<br/>Filmed operas.<br/>Filmed performances.