This special set brings together three of America’s most lauded contemporary operas: John Adams’ Dr Atomic, a riveting morality drama centring on J Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists at the test site of the world’s first atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico; The Perfect American, Philip Glass’s striking portrayal of the ‘real’ Walt Disney, based on a series of reflections and memories which take place during the icon’s final cancer-ridden months; and the 2001 cinematic film version of Trouble in Tahiti, Bernstein’s one-act satire on American suburban married life, its jazz- and musical comedy-inspired score a path-breaking fusion of lyric art with popular entertainment.

Consummate direction (with librettist Peter Sellars at the helm for Dr Atomic), compelling designs, brilliant casting and stand-out performances – among them Gerald Finley’s Oppenheimer and Christopher Purves’ Walt Disney – unite these three very different works which collectively reflect the astonishing variety of style and form that characterises 20th-century opera.

Contents:
Bernstein: TROUBLE IN TAHITI (2001)
BBC/Opus Arte (film)
Cast:
- Dinah: Stephanie Novacek
- Sam: Karl Daymond
City of London Sinfonia / Paul Daniel
Director: Tom Cairns

Adams: DOCTOR ATOMIC (2007)
Dutch National Opera
Cast:
- J Robert Oppenheimer: Gerald Finley
- Kitty Oppenheimer: Jessica Rivera
- General Leslie Groves: Eric Owens
- Edward Teller: Richard Paul Fink
- Jack Hubbard: James Maddalena
- Robert Wilson: Thomas Glenn
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Lawrence Renes
Director: Peter Sellars

Glass: THE PERFECT AMERICAN (2013)
Teatro Real
Cast:
- Walt Disney: Christopher Purves
- Roy Disney: David Pittsinger
- Dantine: Donald Kaasch
- Hazel George: Janis Kelly
- Lillian Disney: Marie McLaughlin
- Tynan: Sharon Sarah
Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real, Madrid / Dennis Russell Davies
Director: Phelim McDermott

Running time: 426 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN/FR/D/ES/IT/NE/JP/KO
Territory Exclusions: USA & Canada