Apr 10, 2012
163 min
Full-HD

John Adams: Nixon in China (2012)

2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.

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Music History

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Companies

Franco Pomponi

Richard Nixon

Alfred Kim

Mao Tse-Toung

June Anderson

Pat Nixon

Sumi Jo

Jiang Qing

Kyung Chun Kim

Chou En-Lai

Peter Sidhom

Henry Kissinger

Sophie Leleu

Tang Wensheng

Alexandra Sherman

Mao's Second Secretary

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