Doctor Atomic (2008)

Composer John Adams re-creates the tension at Los Alamos, 1945, the night before the first atom bomb is tested. Gerald Finley portrays Dr. Oppenheimer; the first act ends with a soul-searching aria, "Batter My Heart." (text by John Dryden).

Gary Halvorson

Director

Gerald Finley(I)

as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sasha Cooke

as Kitty Oppenheimer

Eric Owens(I)

as General Leslie Groves

Richard Paul Fink

as Edward Teller

Thomas Glenn(I)

as Robert Wilson

Meredith Arwady

as Pasqualita

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