John Adams: Nixon in China

Name: John Adams: Nixon in China
Genre: Music
Released: 12 Feb 2011
Rating: 7.50
Cast: James Maddalena, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly, Kathleen Kim, Richard Paul Fink

2011-02-12 United States of America 176 minutes.

7.50 2 votes

Music opera minimalist opera

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Overview

John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China. Peter Sellars’s Metropolitan Opera production, based on his 1987 world-premiere staging, features choreography by Mark Morris and stars James Maddalena as Nixon, Robert Brubaker as Chairman Mao, Janis Kelly as First Lady Pat Nixon, Russell Braun as Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, and Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ch’ing, Mao’s wife. From the pomp of the public displays to the intimacy of the protagonists most private moments, Adams, Sellars and librettist Alice Goodman reveal the real characters behind the headlines in this landmark American opera.

Year 2011

Studio The Metropolitan Opera

Director Peter Sellars

Crew John Adams (Original Music Composer), John Adams (Conductor), Mia Bongiovanni (Supervising Producer), Elena Park (Supervising Producer), Jay David Saks (Music Producer), Peter Gelb (Executive Producer)

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Language English