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Author:

Adams, John, 1947- ,

Title:

Nixon in China [videorecording] / Adams ; [WNET/New York and Houston Grand Opera ; director, Peter Sellars ; for television: producer, Michael Bronson ; director, Brian Large ; writer, Gerald Fitzgerald].

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

House of Opera,

Copyright Date:

200-?

Description:

1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913---Drama.
Operas.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Sellars, Peter.
Bronson, Michael.
Large, Brian,
Fitzgerald, Gerald.
Maddalena, James.
Page, Carolann.
Duykers, John.
Sylvan, Sanford.
Craney, Trudy Ellen.
Hammons, Thomas.
DeMain, John.
Goodman, Alice.
Morris, Mark, 1956-
Cronkite, Walter.
Toma, Heather.
Ochoa, Steven.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Houston Grand Opera.

Other Titles:

Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))

Notes:

A broadcast of the program Great Performances, April 15, 1988 by PBS. Previously released on VHS in 1988 by Houston Grand Opera. James Maddalena, Carolann Page, John Duykers, Sanford Sylvan, Trudy Ellen Craney, Thomas Hammons.

Summary:

Walter Cronkite provides historical background and narrates this grand opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972. Features the Houston Grand Opera Chorus, the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, and dancers Heather Toma and Steven Ochoa.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)54667414

Locations:

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)