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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…

DirectorPeter Sellars
WriterAlice Goodman
ProducersPeter Gelb·Louisa Briccetti

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Cast · Directed by Peter Sellars

JMJames Maddalena
James Maddalena
Richard Nixon
RBRobert Brubaker
Robert Brubaker
Mao Tse-tung
JKJanis Kelly
Janis Kelly
Pat Nixon
KKKathleen Kim
Kathleen Kim
Chiang Ch’ing
RFRichard Paul Fink
Richard Paul Fink
Henry Kissinger
RBRussell Braun
Russell Braun
Chou En-Lai
GCGinger Costa-Jackson
Ginger Costa-Jackson
First Secretary to Mao
TH
Teresa S. Herold
Second Secretary to Mao
TMTamara Mumford
Tamara Mumford
Third Secretary to Mao
HY
Haruno Yamazaki
Solo Dancer
KS
Kanji Segawa
Solo Dancer
MOMET Orchestra
MET Orchestra

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