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Nixon In China
Last night's concert performance at the Barbican Hall of John Adams 's opera about the American
President's historic meetings with Mao Tse-tung in Beijing in February 1972.
Libretto by Alice Goodman.
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano
Brian Kay 's Opera of the Week: p40

Contributors

Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Mao Tse-Tung
Unknown:
Alice Goodman.
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Conductor:
Brian Kay
Chou En-lai:
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Richard Nixon:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Henry Kissinger:
Stephen Richardson (baritone)
Mao Tse-tung:
Carl Tanner (tenor)
Pat Nixon:
Gwynne Geyer (soprano)
Chiang Ch'ing:
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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