John Adams Nixon in China (2011)

John Adamss groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixons 1972 visit to the Peoples Republic of China Peter Sellarss Metropolitan Opera production based on his 1987 worldpremiere staging features choreography by Mark Morris and stars James Maddalena as Nixon Robert Brubaker as Chairman Mao Janis Kelly as First Lady Pat Nixon Russell Braun as Chinese Premier Chou Enlai and Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ching Maos wife From the pomp of the public displays to the intimacy of the protagonists most private moments Adams Sellars and librettist Alice Goodman reveal the real characters behind the headlines in this landmark American opera