CinemaOSMovie · 2011 · 2h 56m

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 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.

Directed byPeter Sellars

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 56m
Language
EN
Released
February 12, 2011
Studios
The Metropolitan Opera

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Nixon in China: "News" -- James Maddalena (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: "News" -- James Maddalena (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" -- Kathleen Kim (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" -- Kathleen Kim (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: Flesh Rebels excerpt (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: Flesh Rebels excerpt (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: Banquet Scene excerpt (Met Opera)

Nixon in China: Banquet Scene excerpt (Met Opera)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
James Maddalena

James Maddalena

Richard Nixon

Robert Brubaker

Robert Brubaker

Mao Tse-tung

Janis Kelly

Janis Kelly

Pat Nixon

Kathleen Kim

Kathleen Kim

Chiang Ch’ing

Richard Paul Fink

Richard Paul Fink

Henry Kissinger

Russell Braun

Russell Braun

Chou En-Lai

Ginger Costa-Jackson

Ginger Costa-Jackson

First Secretary to Mao

Teresa S. Herold

Second Secretary to Mao

Tamara Mumford

Tamara Mumford

Third Secretary to Mao

Haruno Yamazaki

Solo Dancer

Creative team
Directed by
Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars
Written by
Alice Goodman
Alice Goodman
Produced by
Victoria Warivonchik
Louisa Briccetti

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