Doctor Atomic (documentary)
Item
Record ID
1069
Identifier
90692
Genre
Work Title
Doctor Atomic (documentary)
Uniform Title
Doctor Atomic
Program/Series Title
Wonders are many: The making of Doctor Atomic
Composer
Text Author
Sellars, Peter (libretto)
Script
Else, Jon
Production Year
2008
Transmission/Release Date
12/16/08
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
PBS
Home Video - DVD
Docurama
Conductor/Music Director
Runnicles, Donald
Orchestra
San Francisco Opera
Chorus/Choir
San Francisco Opera
Soloists
Appearing in the film: Peter Sellars ; John Adams ; Gerald Finley ; Freeman Dyson (Physicist) ; Richard Rhodes (Author) ; Ian Robertson ; Tom Randle ; Kristine Jepson ; Donald Runnicles ; Eric Owens ; Thomas Glenn ; Richard Paul Fink ; James Maddalena ; Jay Hunter Morris ; Beth Clayton
Participants
Eric Owens (Narrator)
TV/Film Director
Else, Jon
Stage Director
Sellars, Peter
Production Company
Co-production of Jon Else, Action Films and the Independent Television Service
Producer
Else, Jon ; Cohen, Bonni
Other Information
The film relates the making of Doctor Atomic to the creation of the atomic bomb.
Duration
ca. 94'
Company
San Francisco Opera
Sourcemat
DLCAT-192