"A magnificent accomplishment that easily takes its place alongside the other Adams-Sellars triumphs," exclaimed the Los Angeles Times. "Adams's conducting, second to none in his own music, had tremendous conviction and unique authority, with every facet of the score's terrible beauty laid bare … thrilling playing and choral singing … Gerald Finley conveyed Oppenheimer's moral agony with singing of great refinement and subtlety." "His most visionary and ambitious stage work to date," said the Guardian. This recording was made possible in part through generous support from New Music USA. He is joined on the album by Julia Bullock (Kitty Oppenheimer), Brindley Sherratt (Edward Teller), Samuel Sakker (Captain James Nolan), Andrew Staples (Robert Wilson), Jennifer Johnston (Pasqualita), and Aubrey Allicock (General Leslie Groves). In addition to the San Francisco premiere, Finley has sung Oppenheimer in productions in New York, Amsterdam, Chicago, and London. Doctor Atomic is available to preorder now on iTunes and the Nonesuch Store, where the aria "Batter my heart" from Act I, Scene 3, and chorus "At the sight of this" from Act II, Scene 3, may be downloaded instantly the two album tracks also may be streamed at Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and below via YouTube. The composer leads the BBC Singers and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in this recording, which features a cast led by Gerald Finley, who originated the role of Dr. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars created the libretto for Doctor Atomic, drawing from original sources. Nonesuch releases the first recording of John Adams's 2005 opera, Doctor Atomic, on June 29, 2018.
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