The Metropolitan Opera's live high-definition broadcast of the opera Nixon in China is today at noon at Tinseltown in Benton.The contemporary opera was composed by Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams. According to Adams, “the meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in world history, particularly American history.” Acclaimed director and longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon’s historic 1972 encounter with Mao and Communist China. Baritone James Maddalena stars as Nixon, a role he created to widespread acclaim. Nixon in China, Sellars says, “shows you what opera can do to history, which is to deepen it and move into its more subtle, nuanced, and mysterious corners.”
This production was originally created by English National Opera.
The production of Nixon in China contains some adult content that may not be appropriate for young children.
This production was originally created by English National Opera.
The production of Nixon in China contains some adult content that may not be appropriate for young children.
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