Click play to listen. Recorded on November 11, 2007.
The nuclear saber, hanging in the closet, continues to rattle on occasion. On the verge of the Lyric Opera’s Chicago premiere of John Adams’ J. Robert Oppenheimer opera Doctor Atomic, the production’s director Peter Sellars is joined by Jonathan Schell, journalist and author (The Fate of the Earth, The Abolition), and Kennette Benedict, executive director of the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (which has reported on risks from nuclear weapons since 1945 when it was founded by scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project), to consider what should, and could, be done to finally rid the world of nuclear weapons. Moderated by CHF artistic director Lawrence Weschler.
Generously sponsored by Ploughshares Fund. Presented in partnership with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Lawrence Weschler’s participation is made possible through a significant gift from board member Marilynn Thoma and Carl Thoma.
Image is of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)
