The read
It runs long at 2h 56m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- John AdamsOriginal Music Composer
- Peter SellarsDirector
- Alice GoodmanWriter
Cast
- James MaddalenaRichard Nixon
- Robert BrubakerMao Tse-tung
- Janis KellyPat Nixon
- Kathleen KimChiang Ch’ing
- Richard Paul FinkHenry Kissinger
- Russell BraunChou En-Lai
- Ginger Costa-JacksonFirst Secretary to Mao
- Teresa S. HeroldSecond Secretary to Mao
- Tamara MumfordThird Secretary to Mao
- Haruno YamazakiSolo Dancer
- Kanji SegawaSolo Dancer
- MET OrchestraCast
Stills
Themes
operaminimalist opera