Prominent critics have written passionately about the music Adams has created for Doctor Atomic. Doctor Atomic demonstrates that we as a nation are not prepared (and may never be prepared) for such acts of devastation. This force is a collision that breaks open the supreme horror of World War II, the explosion of the atomic bomb into the light of today¹s disasters: hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, and the 9/11 terrorists attacks. However, it is the energy of Adams' music that transforms Sellars' found libretto of extant letters, government documents, memoirs by scientists working on the Manhattan Project, celebrated poetry, and American Indian song into a monumental force.
Scene4 | Doctor Atomic Is Alive! | Karren Alenier | November 2005īy sheer mass alone - an orchestra of 70 musicians, a cast of 13 principal and 45 choral singers, a dance company of 8 - John Adams, Peter Sellars, and the San Francisco Opera on October 1, 2005, have produced Doctor Atomic, a grand opera of significant impact to an opening night standing-room-only audience.
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