I was five when *N*ixon in Ch*ina* first premiered at the Grand Opera in Huston,fifteen years after Nixon's historical visit to China. The opera seems depressed and dark, much different from Puccini or Verdi kind of loved-based stories. I haven't seem it on stage, hopefully I will get a chance to someday.
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
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Nixon In China (Opera): Act I Scene 1 - News
Nixon in China (1987) is an opera with music by the American composer John Adams and a libretto by Alice Goodman, about the visit of United States President Richard M. Nixon to China in 1972, where he met with China's Chairman Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials...
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