A Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET. James Maddalena (Richard Nixon) ; Janis Kelly (Pat Nixon) ; Robert Brubaker (Mao Tse-tung) ; Kathleen Kim (Chiang Ch'ing) ; Russell Braun (Chou En-lai) ; Richard Paul Fink (Henry Kissinger) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; conductor, John Adams ; chorus master, Donald Palumbo ; host, Thomas Hampson. Live HD transmission of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on February 12, 2011. Production originally created by English National Opera. Ed. performed: Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company. Chapter listing, interview by Elena Park with the composer, synopsis by Alice Goodman, and credits (16 p. : ill.) included. Extras: Interview with Robert Brubaker and Kathleen Kim -- Interview with Mark Morris. Includes: Following act I: Interviews with James Maddelana and Janis Kelly, with Peter Sellars, with Winston Lord and Adrianne Lobel, and with John Adams -- Following act II: Interview with Russell Braun and Richard Paul Fink.
Summary:
Opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972.
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