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Opera in three acts (1987) composed by John Adams
In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑ American relations. John Adams, a major musical figure of the last forty years, made this event of contemporary history the subject of his first opera. Nixon in China tackles the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, begun by the invitation of the American table tennis players by their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit. A mesmerising work in which the pulsations and repetitions typical of minimalism are combined with melodic lines of great lyricism. For its entry into the Paris Opera repertoire, this work has been entrusted to the director Valentina Carrasco, who underlines the importance and the mediating power of Chinese national sport in history.
Conductor : Gustavo Dudamel ; Richard Nixon : Thomas Hampson ; Pat Nixon : Renée Fleming ; Mao Tse Tung : John Matthew Myers; Chou en Lai : Xiaomeng Zhang ; Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Director : Valentina Carrasco; set Design : Carles Berga; Set and lighting design: Peter Van Praet; Costume Designer : Silvia Aymonino
English
English
Coproduction compagny : Opera national de Paris - Camera Lucida
Running Time : 160'
Production Year : 2023
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HDCAM, Digibeta 16/9, Digibeta 4/3 Letterbox