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.
Genre: Music
Stars: James Maddalena, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly, Kathleen Kim, Richard Paul Fink, Russell Braun
Crew: John Adams (Original Music Composer), Dunya Ramicova (Costume Designer), James F. Ingalls (Lighting Design), Mark Grey (Sound Designer), Victoria Warivonchik (Producer), Adrianne Lobel (Set Designer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: The Metropolitan Opera
Runtime: 176 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 12, 2011
IMDb: 3.5
Keywords:opera, minimalist opera
