Radio New Zealand Concert network
Sunday 27th of February 2011 at 3 - 7 pm
INTRODUCTION
COMPOSER
CHARACTERS
SYNOPSIS
REVIEW
REFLECTION
ADAMS: Nixon in China, an opera in three acts
In 1972 Richard Nixon made an unexpected visit to the People's Republic of China which proved to be an important step towards the normalization of relations between the United States and China. This opera centres on the six main personalities involved in this moment of history and their motivations and reactions
Richard Nixon............... James Maddalena
Pat Nixon...................... Janis Kelly
Chou En-lai................... Russell Braun
Mao Tse-tung............... Robert Brubaker
Henry Kissinger............. Richard Paul Fink
Chiang Ch'ing................ Kathleen Kim
Nancy T'sang................ Ginger Costa-Jackson
Second secretary........... Teresa S Herold
Third secretary.............. Tamara Mumford
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/John Adams
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