John Adams: Nixon in ChinaMovie
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.
About John Adams: Nixon in China
John Adams: Nixon in China is a 2011 music movie directed by Peter Sellars.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 56m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes James Maddalena, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly, Kathleen Kim. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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