FULL NIXON IN CHINA Paris 2023 Renèe Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Xiaomeng Zhang, Kathleen Kim

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Nixon in China   
• Composer: Adams John  
• Libretto: Alice Goodman    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Bastille, Opera national de Paris, France  
• Recorded: April 2023
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Renèe Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Xiaomeng Zhang, John Matthew Myers, Joshua Bloom, Kathleen Kim, Yajie Zhang
• Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel  
• Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera national de Paris  
• Chorus: Choeurs de l'Opera national de Paris  
• Chorus Master: Ching-Lien Wu  
• Stage Director: Valentina Carrasco  
• Stage Designer: Carles Berga, Peter Van Praet  
• Costume Designer: Silvia Aymonino  
• Lighting Designer: Peter Van Praet  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Öpera de Paris  
• Date Published: 2023  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, frsubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  In February 1972, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China to meet with Mao Zedong. In the electric context of the Vietnam War and the Cold War, this rapprochement marked a turning point in Sino-American relations. A major figure in contemporary music, John Adams made this event the subject of his first opera. A political and human drama, Nixon in China addresses the political thaw favored by “ping-pong diplomacy”, born of the invitation of American table players by their Chinese counterparts, a year before their president’s trip. A heady score, where the pulsations and repetitions specific to musical minimalism intertwine with melodic lines of great lyricism. For its entry into the repertoire of the Opéra national de Paris, the work has been entrusted to the director Valentina Carrasco, who underlines the importance and mediating power of Chinese national sport in history: “ Friendship comes first , the competition afterwards”.

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