Doctor Atomic tackles one of the defining events of the 20th century, the creation of the atomic bomb. The action takes place in June and July 1945, as the Los Alamos scientists prepare for (and ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The lights of Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, can be seen at night from the idyllic open-air theater of Santa Fe Opera. So around here, John Adams and Peter Sellars’ ...

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The late Daniel Ellsberg, in his book “The Doomsday Machine,” drew attention to a curious conversation that took place between Albert Speer and Adolf Hitler in the summer of 1942, on the subject of ...

This is FRESH AIR. "Doctor Atomic" is an opera by John Adams and Peter Sellars about the first atom bomb test. It had its world premiere in San Francisco in 2005. A new recording conducted by the ...

David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra have a clear and shining affinity for the compositions of John Adams. It's a kinship they've proved many times in Robertson's tenure here. The ...

If opera is to pull in new and young audiences, it’s works like Doctor Atomic that are likely to do it. The mix of contemporary resonance, political and moral musing and exciting new music, that doesn ...