Dr. Atomic

I saw John Adams' Dr. Atomic at the English National Opera tonight. Solid music, very boring libretto and very trite, injected meaning. Interesting staging, great lighting, slightly racist costuming (probably out of ignorance, you don't get many native Americans in England- wait why were the native Americans in it again?), and taught me a major lesson:

Do NOT have a entire stage work hinge on an explosion unless you plan on having an actual explosion onstage. No matter what else you do (almost), your climax will be disappointing.