Nixon in China: Musikfest Berlin

Sobre o Evento

At the Musikfest Berlin 2012, the BBC Symphony Orchestra will perform "Nixon in China" by the contemporary composer John Adams .

Robert Orth, baritone (Richard Nixon, President of USA)
Jessica Rivera, soprano (Pat Nixon, his wife)
Gerald Finley, baritone (Chou En‐lai, Premier of the People’s Republic of China)
Alan Oke, tenor (Mao Tse‐tung, Chairman of the People’s Republic of China)
James Rutherford, bass (Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s advisor)
Kathleen Kim, soprano (Chiang Ch’ing, Mao’s wife)
Stephanie Marshall, mezzo soprano (Nancy T’sang, first secretary to Mao)
Louise Poole, mezzo soprano (second secretary to Mao)
Susan Platts, alto (third secretary to Mao)

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Mark Grey sound direction
Paul Curran cast director
John Adams conductor

With the kind support of The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.

Sung in English language.

18:00 work introduction.