Like many of John Adams operas Doctor Atomic is based on recent world historical eventshere the effusive Robert Oppenheimer father of the atomic bomb anxiously awaits the bombs first test in Los ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

One of my favorite moments in John Adams’ 2008 autobiography Hallelujah Junction comes when Adams, as a teenager on the East Coast, decides to sit next to Duke Ellington on his piano bench — while ...