John Adams: Doctor Atomic
La ópera de John Adams de 2005 explora los problemas personales y morales que rodean la invención de la bomba atómica. Grabada en vivo, esta es una versión de poder y convicción colosales. Gerald Finley ocupa un papel protagonista como Robert Oppenheimer, un científico atormentado por las dudas. Después de haberlo cantado en el estreno y muchas veces desde entonces, aquí ofrece una creación magníficamente caracterizada. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker y Andrew Staples sobresalen en sus papeles secundarios y el propio Adams dirige a una Sinfónica de la BBC extraordinariamente galvanizada. Una grabación esencial de un clásico de la ópera moderna.
"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
"Many of us are inclined to say"
"This is a petition"
"What if it's a dud?"
"The test must go on as scheduled"
"No, before the bomb is used"
"The motive of it all was loneliness"
"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
Gerald Finley· Marcus Farnsworth· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams
"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Gerald Finley
"I'll sign the report, sir"
Marcus Farnsworth· John Adams· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock
"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
John Adams· Samuel Sakker· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock· Samuel Sakker· John Adams
"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams
"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· John Adams
"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
Jennifer Johnston· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams
"Fermi is taking wagers"
Gerald Finley· Brindley Sherratt· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
Marcus Farnsworth· Aubrey Allicock· Jennifer Johnston· Gerald Finley· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Brindley Sherratt· John Adams
"This program has been plagued from the start"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams· Gerald Finley· BBC Singers· Aubrey Allicock
"To keep the weakness secret"
"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
"The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"
"And love, which contains all human spirit"
"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Brindley Sherratt· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· John Adams
"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
John Adams· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Brindley Sherratt· Aubrey Allicock
"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
"The sky is clear to the east"
"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
Producción
- Friedemann EngelbrechtProducción
- Wolfgang SchiefermairIngeniería de edición
- René MöllerIngeniería de mezcla, Ingeniería de masterización, Ingeniería de edición, Ingeniería de grabación