ROBERT SPANO, conductor
JESSICA RIVERA, soprano
MEREDITH ARWADY, contralto
THOMAS GLENN, tenor
JAMES MADDALENA, baritone
RICHARD PAUL FINK, baritone
ERIC OWENS, bass
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
Adams: Dr. Atomic
An explosive opera that has captured the attention of the world with performances in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Chicago and New York, receives its Atlanta premiere. Maestro Spano brings his star-studded cast to join with the expert forces of the ASO and ASO Chorus. The opera takes us into the minds of Oppenheimer and his colleagues as the events unfold leading up to the first atomic blast in Los Alamos.