NIXON IN CHINA - a brilliant modern opera by John Adams

Contemporary classical music and modern operas often have a bad rep. That’s a shame since there are many really great modern operas out there. And one of the best is John Adam’s Nixon in China - great story, even better music!

Intro 00:00
Air Force one landing 04:04
Gala dinner 06:59
Pat’s sightseeing tour 12:41
Nixons in the theater 17:15
I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung 24:32
Outro 28:50

Richard Nixon - Martin Winkler
Pat Nixon - Wendy Hill
Mao Tse-tung - Nicolas E.Savarin
Chiang Ch’ing - Soyung Yu
Chou En-lai - Hideki Kadoya
Henry Kissinger - Alfred Werner

Set design - Wilhelm Holzbauer
Costume design - Jürgen Gaulocher
Light design - Harald Godula
Choreographie - Jenny Weston
Director - Peter Pawlik
Conductor - Andreas Mitisek

Chorus of the Wiener Operntheater
Philharmonic Orchestra Györ

A production of the Wiener Operntheater

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