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Nixon in China

on BBC Radio 3

... a stirring creation, full of charm, wit and beauty
... Mr Adams does for the arpeggio what McDonalds did for the hamburger. NEW YORK TIMES Opera by John Adams to a libretto by ALICE GOODMAN in PETER SELLARS 'S production for the Houston Grand Opera.
Presented by Derek Watson
HOUSTON OPERA CHORUS
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA led by JOHN DOIG conducted by THE COMPOSER Act
2.50* Act 2
3.50* Act 3
Between the acts John Adams talks to Andrew Porter , music critic of the New Yorker.
(Given last Monday in the Edinburgh Playhouse in association with the Scotsman Festival Fund, as part of the EdinburghInternationalFestival) 0 HEAR THIS! page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Adams
Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Alice Goodman
Unknown:
Peter Sellars
Unknown:
Houston Grand Opera.
Presented By:
Derek Watson
Unknown:
John Doig
Talks:
John Adams
Unknown:
Andrew Porter
Chou En-lai:
Sanford Sylvan (baritone)
Richard Nixon:
James Maddalena (baritone)
Henry Kissinger:
Thomas Hammons (bass)
First secretary:
Mari Opatz (mezzo-Soprano)
Second secretary:
Stephanie Friedman
Third secretary:
Marion Dry (contralto)
Mao Tse-tung:
John Duykers (ten)
Pat Nixon:
Carolann Page (sop)
Chiang Ch'ing:
Trudy Ellen Craney (soprano)

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