Nixon in China: Paris Opera
About the Event
Kent Nagano conducts John Adams' Nixon in China in the Paris Opera with a staging by Valentina Carrasco with Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming leading a talented cast.
Cast / Production
Music :
John Adams — (1947)
Libretto :
Alice Goodman
Conductor :
Kent Nagano
Chorus master :
Alessandro Di Stefano
Director :
Valentina Carrasco
Set design :
Carles Berga
Peter Van Praet
Costume design :
Silvia Aymonino
Lighting design :
Peter Van Praet
Cast
Zhou Enlai :
Xiaomeng Zhang
Richard Nixon :
Thomas Hampson
Henry Kissinger :
Joshua Bloom
Nancy Tang :
Aebh Kelly
Mao Zedong :
John Matthew Myers
Pat Nixon :
Renée Fleming
Chiang Ch’ing :
Caroline Wettergreen
