CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 2h 45m

John Adams: Nixon in China

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In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑American relations. John Adams, a major musical figure of the last forty years, made this event of contemporary history the subject of his first opera. Nixon in China tackles the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, begun by the invitation of the American table tennis players by their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit. A mesmerising work in which the pulsations and repetitions typical of minimalism are combined with melodic lines of great lyricism. For its entry into the Paris Opera repertoire, this work has been entrusted to the director Valentina Carrasco, who underlines the importance and the mediating power of Chinese national sport in history.

Directed byValentina Carrasco, François-René Martin

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 45m
Language
EN
Released
April 16, 2023
Studios
Camera Lucida

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[TRAILER] NIXON IN CHINA de John Adams

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8 credited
Starring
Thomas Hampson

Thomas Hampson

Richard Nixon

Renée Fleming

Renée Fleming

Pat Nixon

Xiaomeng Zhang

Xiaomeng Zhang

Chou En-Lai

John Matthew Myers

John Matthew Myers

Mao Zedong

Joshua Bloom

Joshua Bloom

Henry Kissinger

Kathleen Kim

Kathleen Kim

Chiang Ch’ing

Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris

Self - Orchestra

Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel

Self - Conductor

Creative team
Directed by
Valentina Carrasco
François-René Martin
Written by
Alice Goodman
Alice Goodman

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