The opera is the fifth collaboration between Adams and director Peter Sellars, who also wrote the libretto for Doctor Atomic. The opera explores the final days before the first atomic explosion in New Mexico in 1945.
The opera is the fifth collaboration between Adams and director Peter Sellars, who also wrote the libretto for Doctor Atomic. The opera explores the final days before the first atomic explosion in New Mexico in 1945.
The company's 2024-25 season will also include Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.
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The singers are leading the Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams' work.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Lileana Blain-Cruz's production of John Adams' opera-oratorio opened April 23.