John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Écrit par Peter Sellars, l’opéra de 2005 Doctor Atomic met en scène le physicien Robert Oppenheimer et son entourage, juste avant la mise à feu de la première bombe nucléaire en juillet 1945. Dirigée avec autorité par John Adams lui-même, l’agonie morale du scientifique est incarnée avec passion et subtilité par Gerald Finley. L’orchestre symphonique et le chœur de la BBC se trouvent galvanisés par cette œuvre puissamment moderne qui conjugue classique et métaphysique. Cette captation en concert saisit au mieux le sentiment d’urgence d’une réflexion sur la responsabilité individuelle.
"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?"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, John Adams, Marcus Farnsworth, Aubrey Allicock
"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Farnsworth, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams, Gerald Finley
"I'll sign the report, sir"
Gerald Finley, John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Farnsworth
"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Aubrey Allicock, Samuel Sakker
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
Samuel Sakker, Aubrey Allicock, Gerald Finley, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra
"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, John Adams, Gerald Finley, Aubrey Allicock
"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Johnston, John Adams, Aubrey Allicock
"Fermi is taking wagers"
Brindley Sherratt, John Adams, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, Aubrey Allicock
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
Brindley Sherratt, Jennifer Johnston, Gerald Finley, John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Farnsworth
"This program has been plagued from the start"
John Adams, Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers
"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"
Aubrey Allicock, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Brindley Sherratt, John Adams, Gerald Finley
"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Aubrey Allicock, John Adams, Brindley Sherratt
"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"
Production
- Friedemann EngelbrechtProduction
- Wolfgang SchiefermairIngénierie de montage
- René MöllerIngénierie de mixage, Ingénierie de mastérisation, Ingénierie de prise de son, Ingénierie de montage