Doctor Atomic
Great Performances at the Met · Season 3 · Episode 1
The Season 3 premiere features a production of the John Adams opera "Doctor Atomic," about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley) and the testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945 New Mexico. Kitty Oppenheimer: Sasha Cooke. Edward Teller: Richard Paul Fink. Gen. Leslie Groves: Eric Owens.
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Season
3
Episode
1
Air Date
22/Sep/2008
Air Time
—
Runtime
180 min
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The Season 3 premiere features a production of the John Adams opera "Doctor Atomic," about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley) and the testing of the first atomic bomb in 1945 New Mexico. Kitty Oppenheimer: Sasha Cooke. Edward Teller: Richard Paul Fink. Gen. Leslie Groves: Eric Owens.
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