John Adams: Nixon in China (2011)

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.

Directing:
  • Peter Sellars

Writing:
  • Alice Goodman

Stars:
Release Date: 2011-02-12
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 176
Janis Kelly
Janis Kelly
Pat Nixon
Robert Brubaker
Robert Brubak...
Mao Tse-tung
James Maddalena
James Maddale...
Richard Nixon
Richard Paul Fink
Richard Paul...
Henry Kissinger
Tamara Mumford
Tamara Mumfor...
Third Secretary to Mao
Russell Braun
Russell Braun
Chou En-Lai
Kathleen Kim
Kathleen Kim
Chiang Ch’ing
Ginger Costa-Jackson
Ginger Costa-...
First Secretary to Mao
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