John Adams: Nixon in China
2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
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
Rebecca de Pont Davies
Mao's Third Secretary
2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
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