John Adams: Nixon in China
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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.
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James Maddalena
Richard Nixon
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Robert Brubaker
Mao Tse-tung
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Janis Kelly
Pat Nixon
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Kathleen Kim
Chiang Ch’ing
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Richard Paul Fink
Henry Kissinger
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Russell Braun
Chou En-Lai
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Ginger Costa-Jackson
First Secretary to Mao
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Teresa S. Herold
Second Secretary to Mao
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Tamara Mumford
Third Secretary to Mao
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Haruno Yamazaki
Solo Dancer
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Kanji Segawa
Solo Dancer
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Peter Sellars Director · Alice Goodman Writer John Adams Composer
United States release February 12, 2011 · Produced in United States
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The Metropolitan Opera
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 12, 2011
Theatrical · Live in HD
United States
June 1, 2011 · TV · PBS - Great Performances at the Met
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