Peter Sellars wrote the libretto for an opera by this man in which quotes from the  Bhagavad Gita  and the aria "Batter my heart, three person'd God" are sung by Robert Oppenheimer.
A character in one of this man's operas sings a lullaby that describes how the "lightning flashes" and the "thunder crashes" after noting "the cloud-flower blossoms". Marvin Cohen's criticism caused this composer to add phrasing involving the words "we believed" to the opening chorus of an opera featuring the Tewa  (TAY-wah)  housemaid Pasqualita. The title character of another of his operas sings "News has a kind of mystery" after the  Spirit of  (*)   '76  lands. Peter Sellars wrote the libretto for an opera by this man in which quotes from the  Bhagavad Gita  and the aria "Batter my heart, three person'd God" are sung by Robert Oppenheimer. The protagonists of another of his operas watch  The Red Detachment of Women  with Mao Zedong. For 10 points, name this composer of  Doctor Atomic  and  Nixon in China .
A character in one of this man's operas sings a lullaby that describes how the "lightning flashes" and the "thunder crashes" after noting "the cloud-flower blossoms".
John  Adams  [or John Coolidge  Adams ; do not accept "John Luther Adams"]