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Adams, John 1947- Film and video adaptations Atomic bomb Drama Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 Television adaptations Executions and executioners Drama Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Television adaptations Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Drama Sailors Drama Sellars, Peter Film and video adaptations Ship captains Drama Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Film and video adaptationsFilter By Subjects
Adams, John 1947- Film and video adaptations Atomic bomb Drama Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 Television adaptations Executions and executioners Drama Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Television adaptations Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Drama Sailors Drama Sellars, Peter Film and video adaptations Ship captains Drama Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 Film and video adaptationsVienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Summary: Tragic events take place in the court of Herod where the beautiful, young Salome demands the head of John the Baptist after seducing Herod with the "Dance of the seven veils."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammophon 2007
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SALVarious
Summary: In John Adams' opera, J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists explore the moral implications of the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA DOCGlyndebourne Chorus
Summary: Opera revolving around the fatal tensions that develop between a young sailor, the malevolent master-at-arms, and the captain aboard a British man o' war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2011