John Adams's "Doctor Atomic" to Make Met Premiere Next Season

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When the Metropolitan Opera curtain goes up on John Adams's Doctor Atomic this October, it will be the first of the composer's operas to be performed at the Met, but certainly not the last. In announcing the Adams_nixon_lg

house's 2008-09 season, its 125th anniversary, the Met's general manager, Peter Gelb, said the event would not be "just a flash-in-the-pan John Adams appearance," reports the New York Times: Adams's 1987 opera Nixon in China, will be a part of the Met's 2010-11 season.

Doctor Atomic was given its first performance on October 1, 2005, by the San Francisco Opera, with libretto and staging by Peter Sellars and musical direction by Donald Runnicles. The Met premiere will be directed by Penny Woolcock (who helmed the film version of Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer) and will be conducted by Alan Gilbert in his Met debut.

To hear a clip from the opera, visit earbox.com.

To learn more about the upcoming Met season and purchase subscription tickets, visit metoperafamily.org.

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  • Wednesday, March 5, 2008
    John Adams's "Doctor Atomic" to Make Met Premiere Next Season

    When the Metropolitan Opera curtain goes up on John Adams's Doctor Atomic this October, it will be the first of the composer's operas to be performed at the Met, but certainly not the last. In announcing the Adams_nixon_lg

    house's 2008-09 season, its 125th anniversary, the Met's general manager, Peter Gelb, said the event would not be "just a flash-in-the-pan John Adams appearance," reports the New York Times: Adams's 1987 opera Nixon in China, will be a part of the Met's 2010-11 season.

    Doctor Atomic was given its first performance on October 1, 2005, by the San Francisco Opera, with libretto and staging by Peter Sellars and musical direction by Donald Runnicles. The Met premiere will be directed by Penny Woolcock (who helmed the film version of Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer) and will be conducted by Alan Gilbert in his Met debut.

    To hear a clip from the opera, visit earbox.com.

    To learn more about the upcoming Met season and purchase subscription tickets, visit metoperafamily.org.

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