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?"
Marcus Farnsworth· Aubrey Allicock· John Adams· Gerald Finley· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"I'll sign the report, sir"
Gerald Finley· John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
John Adams· Gerald Finley· Samuel Sakker· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
Gerald Finley· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Samuel Sakker· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
Aubrey Allicock· John Adams· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
Aubrey Allicock· Jennifer Johnston· John Adams· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Fermi is taking wagers"
John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Brindley Sherratt
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Jennifer Johnston· Brindley Sherratt· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley
"This program has been plagued from the start"
John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· BBC Singers· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"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"
Brindley Sherratt· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley· John Adams· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· 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"
Producción
- Friedemann EngelbrechtProducción
- René MöllerIngeniería de mezcla, Ingeniería de masterización, Ingeniería de edición, Ingeniería de grabación
- Wolfgang SchiefermairIngeniería de edición