Nixon in China [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Peter Sellars Peter Sellars

Overview

Originally mounted in Houston, Texas in 1987, John Adams's controversial opera +Nixon in China recounted in heroic terms 37th U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon's historic visit to China in 1972, as an effort to improve relations between the United States and the Communist Bloc and foster d?tente. Alice Goodman wrote the libretto, and Peter Sellars directed for the stage. This 2011 production was mounted by the Metropolitan Opera, and stars James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, Janis Kelly as Pat Nixon, Richard Paul Fink as Henry Kissinger and Robert Brubaker as Mao Tse-Tung. Adrianne Lobel designed the sets, Dunya Ramicova created the costumes, and James F. Ingalls choreographed for the stage. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet provide accompaniment, with Adams conducting and Donald Palumbo serving as chorus master.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/19/2012
UPC:	0075597960884
Original Release:	2011
Source:	Nonesuch
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:57:00
Sales rank:	31,116

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ginger Costa-Jackson	Second Secretary to Mao
John Adams	Primary Artist
Metropolitan Opera	Primary Artist
Russell Braun	Chou En-lai
Teresa S. Herold	Third Secretary to Mao
Tamara Mumford	Richard Nixon
James Maddalena	Pat Nixon
Janis Kelly	Henry Kissinger
Richard Fink	Mao Tse-tung
Robert Brubaker	Chiang Ch'ing (Madame Mao Tse-tung)
Kathleen Kim	Solo Dancer
Haruno Yamazaki	Solo Dancer
Kanji Segawa	Solo Dancer

Technical Credits

John Adams

Composer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Nixon in China
1. Opening Credits and Introduction by Thomas Hampson [2:15]
2. Introduction [3:52]
3. Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky [2:55]
4. The People Are the Heroes Now [4:39]
5. Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope? [2:11]
6. News, News, News, News [5:15]
7. The Rats Begin to Chew the Sheets [2:02]
8. I Can't Talk Very Well [6:48]
9. You've Said That There's a Certain Well-Known Tree [2:50]
10. Founders Come First [4:42]
11. The World To Come Has Come [2:20]
12. We No Longer Need Confucius [3:32]
13. Like the Ming Tombs [5:40]
14. The Night Is Young [5:26]
15. Gam Bei! Gam Bei! [1:24]
16. Ladies and Gentlemen [7:19]
17. Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests [6:47]
18. Interview with James Maddalena and Janis Kelly [2:30]
19. Interview with Peter Sellars [4:16]
20. Interview with Winston Lord and Adrianne Lobel [3:12]
21. Interview with John Adams [2:58]
22. I Don't Daydream and Don't Look Back [4:15]
23. Look Down, Look Down [:41]
24. This Little Elephant In Glass [1:24]
25. Look Down, Look Down [1:13]
26. Come, See the Pigs [2:13]
27. This is Prophetic! [8:06]
28. At Last the Weather's Warming-Up [3:48]
29. Young As We Are [3:07]
30. Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die! [4:39]
31. Whip! Whip! Whip! Whip! [3:04]
32. Thank God You Came [3:16]
33. Ballet Pas De Deux [1:37]
34. Flesh Rebels [2:49]
35. I Have My Brief [4:32]
36. I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-sung [6:47]
37. Interview with Russell Braun and Richard Paul Fink [2:49]
38. Some Men You Cannot Satisfy [3:38]
39. Hit It, Boys [3:33]
40. And To What End? [4:32]
41. Sitting Around the Radio [4:31]
42. When I Woke Up [3:18]
43. I Can Keep Still [4:42]
44. Peking Watches the Stars [2:43]
45. You Won at Poker [3:10]
46. I Am Old and Cannot Sleep Forever [5:09]
47. Bows and Closing Credits [3:11]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Nixon in China
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Chapters
Act l
Act ll
Act lll
Extras
Interview with Robert Brubaker and Kathleen Kim
Interview with Mark Morris
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