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, 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.
Cast
James Maddalena
Richard Nixon
Robert Brubaker
Mao Tse-tung
Janis Kelly
Pat Nixon
Kathleen Kim
Chiang Ch’ing
Richard Paul Fink
Henry Kissinger
Russell Braun
Chou En-Lai
Ginger Costa-Jackson
First Secretary to Mao
Teresa S. Herold
Second Secretary to Mao
Tamara Mumford
Third Secretary to Mao
Haruno Yamazaki
Solo Dancer
Kanji Segawa
Solo Dancer
MET Orchestra
Unknown
Crew
Peter Sellars
Director
Alice Goodman
Writer
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Dunya Ramicova
Costume Designer
Mark Grey
Sound Designer
James F. Ingalls
Lighting Design
John Adams
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Jay David Saks
Music Producer
Adrianne Lobel
Set Designer
Mark Morris
Choreographer
Mia Bongiovanni
Supervising Producer
Elena Park
Supervising Producer
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