GRAMMY Award Winner - Best Opera Recording
John Adams’s contemporary masterpiece explores a momentous episode of modern history: the creation of the first atomic bomb. Director Penny Woolcock made her Met debut with this gripping story that changed the course of history. Baritone Gerald Finley plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the title character.
Composer: John Adams
Release Date: 1/25/11
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Artists:
Sasha Cooke
Meredith Arwady
Gerald Finley
Eric Owens
Richard Paul Fink
Production: Penny Woolcock
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Chorus: Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Label: Sony Masterworks