Adams: Nixon in China (Met Live in HD DVD & Blu-Ray) – James Maddalena

Composer: John Adams
Artists: James Maddalena, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Kathleen Kim, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Teresa S. Herold, Tamara Mumford, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet
Conductor: John Adams
Director: Peter Sellars
Format: NTSC, Blu-Ray
Release Date: 11/19/2012
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 2
Studio: Nonesuch Records
Run Time: 177 minutes

John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life President Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. Peter Sellars’s Met production, based on his 1987 world-premiere staging, features choreography by Mark Morris and stars James Maddalena as Nixon, Robert Brubaker as Chairman Mao, Janis Kelly as First Lady Pat Nixon, Russell Braun as Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, and Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ch’ing, Mao’s wife.

From the pomp of the public displays to the intimacy of the protagonists’ most private moments, Adams, Sellars, and librettist Alice Goodman reveal the real characters behind the headlines in this landmark American opera.

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