John Adams: Doctor Atomic G. Finley, J. Bullocj, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers & John Adams

• John Adams (b. 1947): Doctor Atomic: Overture:
• 1 Doctor Atomic: Overture 05:10
• Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1:
• 2 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945" 04:18
• 3 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say" 02:15
• 4 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1:  "We surround the plutonium core" 01:42
• 5 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1:  "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators" 01:31
• 6 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say" 02:26
• 7 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1:  "The nation's fate..." 02:16
• 8 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition" 02:42
• 9 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?" 02:02
• 10 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled" 03:20
• 11 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used" 04:07
• Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2:
• 12 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?" 04:31
• 13 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..." 06:27
• 14 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness" 04:24
• Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3:
• 15 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm 02:17
• 16 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?" 02:48
• 17 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs" 04:06
• 18 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir" 01:18
• 19 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes" 03:00
• 20 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters" 02:32
• 21 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3:  "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions" 04:05
• 22 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude" 03:18
• 23 Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart" 07:34
• Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1:
• 24 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945" 11:59
• 25 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo 02:57
• 26 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms" 01:54
• Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2:
• 27 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2:  "It's midnight, Jack" 05:11
• 28 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream" 02:48
• 29 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country" 03:35
• 30 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum" 01:00
• 31 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers" 02:16
• 32 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies" 03:36
• Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3:
• 33 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour" 03:01
• 34 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic 02:52
• 35 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start" 01:30
• 36 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret" 02:11
• 37 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain" 02:15
• 38 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back" 01:53
• 39 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit" 03:00
• 40 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this" 04:41
• 41 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches" 02:27
• Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4:
• 42 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer" 01:32
• 43 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded" 02:42
• 44 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!" 02:17
• 45 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east" 02:59
• 46 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight" 03:06
• 47 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes" 01:03
• 48 Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown 06:05
• Total Runtime 02:36:59

Info for John Adams: Doctor Atomic

Man schreibt das Jahr 1945 – Atomwissenschaftler starren in der Wüste von New Mexico auf Messinstrumente. Es sind letzte Vorbereitungen zu einem Ereignis, das die Welt verändern wird: Der erste Atombombentest. Was wie ein Stoff für eine Dokumentation oder ein dokumentarisches Filmdrama wirkt, war für den amerikanischen Komponisten John Adams die Vorlage für eine der bedeutendsten Opern des beginnenden 21. Jahrhunderts. Doctor Atomic, uraufgeführt am 1. Oktober 2005 in San Francisco, erscheint nun in der Weltersteinspielung. Unter Leitung des Komponisten singen Gerald Finley, Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker und andere. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Robert R. Wilson: Die Schar der Hauptfiguren dieses Dramas, in dem sich die Ängste, Schuldgefühle, falschen und echten Hoffnungen angesichts der bevorstehenden Möglichkeiten der Superbombe verdichten, ist historisch. Das Libretto, verfasst von Peter Sellars, basiert auf authentischen Regierungsunterlagen, erweitert durch lyrische Texte verschiedener Jahrhunderte – von Gedichten von Charles Baudelaire bis zur Bhagavad Gita. John Adams, ohne Zweifel der bedeutendste US-amerikanische Komponist der Gegenwart, komponierte das Szenario, das mit wachsender Spannung vor dem entscheidenden Moment des Atomtestes endet, mit großem stilistischen Reichtum basierend auf dem Postminimalismus, den Adams seit Jahrzehnten weiterentwickelt. Gerald Finley hat die Rolle des Robert Oppenheimer bereits in der Uraufführung und in vielen anderen Produktionen interpretiert.

Gerald Finley, vocals (J. Robert Oppenheimer)
Julia Bullock, vocals (Kitty Oppenheimer)
Eric Owens, vocals (General Leslie Groves)
Brindley Sherratt, vocals (Edward Teller)
James Maddalena, vocals (Jack Hubbard)
Andrew Staples, vocals (Robert Wilson)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers
Lawrence Renes, conductor
John Adams, conductor

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