Nixon in China [videorecording] / a Metropolitan Opera presents John Adams libretto by Alice Goodman directed by Peter Sellars producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.

Adams, John, 1947-
New York : Nonesuch Records, [2012], c2011.
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Part of the series Metropolitan Opera HD live;Metropolitan Opera HD live.
Notes:

  • DVD 16:9 aspect ratio Dolby TrueHD 24-bit Surround and Dolby TrueHD 24-bit stereo.
  • English subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish or Portuguese.
  • Host, Thomas Hampson.
  • Performers: James Maddalena, Janis Kelly, Richard Paul Fink, Robert Brubaker, Kathleen Kim, Russell Braun, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Teresa S. Herold, Tamara Mumford, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet conducted by John Adams chorus master, Donald Palumbo.
  • Choreography by Mark Morris music producer, Jay David Saks.
  • Live HD transmission of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on February 12, 2011.
  • Booklet contains: DVD chapters The myth of history, an interview of John Adams and Peter Sellars by Elena Park a synopsis of the opera by Alice Goodman (inserted in DVD container).
  • A Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET.
  • Production originally created by English National Opera.
  • Opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon’s historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972.

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Requested by Klemp, M.

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