Doctor Atomic (documentary)

Record ID: 1069
Identifier: 90692
Genre: Documentary - Opera
Work Title: Doctor Atomic (documentary)
Uniform Title: Doctor Atomic
Program/Series Title: Wonders are many: The making of Doctor Atomic
Composer: Adams, John
Text Author: Sellars, Peter (libretto)
Script: Else, Jon
Production Year: 2008
Transmission/Release Date: 12/16/08
Transmission/Release Year: 2008
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