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John Adams: Nixon in China (2011)

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.
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Peter Sellars profile
Peter Sellars

Director

Cast

James Maddalena profile
James Maddalena

Richard Nixon

Robert Brubaker profile
Robert Brubaker

Mao Tse-tung

Janis Kelly profile
Janis Kelly

Pat Nixon

Kathleen Kim profile
Kathleen Kim

Chiang Ch’ing

Richard Paul Fink profile
Richard Paul Fink

Henry Kissinger

Russell Braun profile
Russell Braun

Chou En-Lai

Ginger Costa-Jackson profile
Ginger Costa-Jackson

First Secretary to Mao

Teresa S. Herold profile
Teresa S. Herold

Second Secretary to Mao

Tamara Mumford profile
Tamara Mumford

Third Secretary to Mao

Haruno Yamazaki profile
Haruno Yamazaki

Solo Dancer

Kanji Segawa profile
Kanji Segawa

Solo Dancer

MET Orchestra profile
MET Orchestra

James Maddalena profile
James Maddalena

Richard Nixon

Robert Brubaker profile
Robert Brubaker

Mao Tse-tung

Janis Kelly profile
Janis Kelly

Pat Nixon

Kathleen Kim profile
Kathleen Kim

Chiang Ch’ing

Richard Paul Fink profile
Richard Paul Fink

Henry Kissinger

Russell Braun profile
Russell Braun

Chou En-Lai

Ginger Costa-Jackson profile
Ginger Costa-Jackson

First Secretary to Mao

Teresa S. Herold profile
Teresa S. Herold

Second Secretary to Mao

Tamara Mumford profile
Tamara Mumford

Third Secretary to Mao

Haruno Yamazaki profile
Haruno Yamazaki

Solo Dancer

Kanji Segawa profile
Kanji Segawa

Solo Dancer

MET Orchestra profile
MET Orchestra

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Release Date

February 12, 2011

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Videos

Nixon in China: "News" -- James Maddalena (Met Opera) thumbnail
Nixon in China: "News" -- James Maddalena (Met Opera)
Nixon in China: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" -- Kathleen Kim (Met Opera) thumbnail
Nixon in China: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" -- Kathleen Kim (Met Opera)
Nixon in China: Flesh Rebels excerpt (Met Opera) thumbnail
Nixon in China: Flesh Rebels excerpt (Met Opera)
Nixon in China: Banquet Scene excerpt (Met Opera) thumbnail
Nixon in China: Banquet Scene excerpt (Met Opera)

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