and I Saw the Sky.
This composer chronicled the stories of various victims of a 1994 earthquake in I Was Looking at the Ceiling and I Saw the Sky. The chorus of one of his operas quotes from Donne's "Batter my heart, three person'd God" and the Smyth Report and includes roles for General Leslie Groves and Edward Teller. In another of his operas, one of his baritones asks "How much of what we did was good?" That opera contains a scene where "The Red Detachment of Women" is performed. That opera incorporates this composer's The Chairman Dances as performed by Madame Mao. For 10 points, Doctor Atomic and Nixon in China were composed by what minimalist?
This composer chronicled the stories of various victims of a 1994 earthquake in I
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