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Nixon in China: Paris Opera

About the Event

Gustavo Dudamel conducts John Adams' Nixon in China in his first production in the Paris Opera by Valentina Carrasco with Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming leading a talented cast.

Cast / Production

Music :
John Adams — (1947)

Libretto :
Alice Goodman

Conductor :
Gustavo Dudamel

Chorus master :
Ching‐Lien Wu

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 :
Yajie Zhang

Mao Zedong :
John Matthew Myers

Pat Nixon :
Renée Fleming

Chiang Ch’ing :
Kathleen Kim

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