John Adams: Nixon in China

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 12, 2011

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

The Metropolitan Opera

Cast

Teresa S. Herold,Haruno Yamazaki,Robert Brubaker,Kanji Segawa,Richard Paul Fink,James Maddalena,MET Orchestra,Janis Kelly,Tamara Mumford,Kathleen Kimand 2 more

Director

Peter Sellars

Writer

Alice Goodman

Producer

Peter Gelb,Victoria Warivonchik,Louisa Briccetti

Music

John Adams

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1736150