John Adams: Nixon in China

John Adams: Nixon in China

2011 en 176 minutes

Rating: 7.5

Plot

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.

Trailer

Cast

James Maddalena

James Maddalena

Richard Nixon

Robert Brubaker

Robert Brubaker

Mao Tse-tung

Janis Kelly

Janis Kelly

Pat Nixon

Kathleen Kim

Kathleen Kim

Chiang Ch’ing

Richard Paul Fink

Richard Paul Fink

Henry Kissinger

Russell Braun

Russell Braun

Chou En-Lai

Ginger Costa-Jackson

Ginger Costa-Jackson

First Secretary to Mao

Teresa S. Herold

Teresa S. Herold

Second Secretary to Mao

Tamara Mumford

Tamara Mumford

Third Secretary to Mao

Haruno Yamazaki

Haruno Yamazaki

Solo Dancer

Kanji Segawa

Kanji Segawa

Solo Dancer

MET Orchestra

MET Orchestra

Similar Movies

Aida - Arena di Verona

Aida - Arena di Verona

it

November 5, 2013

Farinelli

Farinelli

fr

December 1, 1994

La Traviata

La Traviata

en

March 4, 2001

Così fan tutte

Così fan tutte

it

June 21, 2013

Verdi: Nabucco

Verdi: Nabucco

it

January 7, 2017

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

en

September 22, 1925

Amadeus

Amadeus

en

September 19, 1984

Carmen

Carmen

fr

March 14, 1984

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

it

November 22, 1995

Evensong

Evensong

en

September 3, 1934

La Traviata

La Traviata

it

January 1, 2006

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

en

November 15, 1935

The Climax

The Climax

en

October 20, 1944

La Bohème

La Bohème

en

June 8, 1994

The Magic Flute

The Magic Flute

en

September 7, 2006

The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca

it

January 27, 2018

Figaros Hochzeit

Figaros Hochzeit

de

November 25, 1949

let me come in

let me come in

en

April 10, 2021