Doctor Atomic
An opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, that focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared and the greater subject of how entering the Atomic Age changed human society. This is the 2018 Santa Fe Opera production.
STARRING Ryan McKinny, Andrew Harris, Benjamin Bliss, Julia Bollock, Meredith Arwady, Daniel Okulich, Tim Mix, Mackenzie Gotcher
DANCERS Tesuque Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
MUSIC BY John Adams
CONDUCTOR Matthew Aucoin
DIRECTED BY Peter Sellars
SCENIC DESIGN BY David Gropman
ASSOCIAT SCENIC DESING BY Simon Schabert
COSTUME DESIGN BY Gabriel Berry
LIGHTING DESIGN BY James F. Ingalls
CHOREOGRAPHY BY Emily Johnson
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Broadway World, Simon Schabert