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.
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James Maddalena
as Richard Nixon
as Richard Nixon
Robert Brubaker
as Mao Tse-tung
as Mao Tse-tung
Janis Kelly
as Pat Nixon
as Pat Nixon
Kathleen Kim
as Chiang Ch’ing
as Chiang Ch’ing
Richard Paul Fink
as Henry Kissinger
as Henry Kissinger
Russell Braun
as Chou En-Lai
as Chou En-Lai
Ginger Costa-Jackson
as First Secretary to Mao
as First Secretary to Mao
Teresa S. Herold
as Second Secretary to Mao
as Second Secretary to Mao
Tamara Mumford
as Third Secretary to Mao
as Third Secretary to Mao
Haruno Yamazaki
as Solo Dancer
as Solo Dancer
Kanji Segawa
as Solo Dancer
as Solo Dancer
MET Orchestra
as
as
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John Adams
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Mark Grey
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Producer
John Adams
Conductor
Conductor
Jay David Saks
Music Producer
Music Producer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Producer
James F. Ingalls
Lighting Design
Lighting Design
Adrianne Lobel
Set Designer
Set Designer
Mia Bongiovanni
Supervising Producer
Supervising Producer
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Mark Morris
Choreographer
Choreographer
Elena Park
Supervising Producer
Supervising Producer
Dunya Ramicova
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Peter Sellars
Director
Director
Alice Goodman
Writer
Writer
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