John Adams: Nixon in China
Nixon in China: "I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung" -- Kathleen Kim (Met Opera)
Nixon in China: "News" -- James Maddalena (Met Opera)
John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China. Peter Sellars’s Metropolitan Opera production, based on his 1987 world-premiere staging, features choreography by Mark Morris and stars James Maddalena as Nixon, Robert Brubaker as Chairman Mao, Ja...