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Wed 5 Sep 2012

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

  Writer and broadcaster Rana Mitter, in conversation with journalist Shuyun Sun, discusses the political context of John Adams’s first opera, Nixon in China. Hosted by Louise Fryer.

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• 19:00

  Prom 72: John Adams – Nixon in China

  Royal Albert Hall

  John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China, based on the US premier’s 1972 Beijing visit, and creating the ‘docu-opera’ genre.

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  John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China, based on the US premier’s 1972 Beijing visit, and creating the ‘docu-opera’ genre.

  Programme

  • • • John Adams
      • Nixon in China(180 mins)semi-staged

  Performers

  • Kathleen Kim

    soprano (Madame Mao)
    soprano (Madame Mao)
  • Alan Oke

    tenor (Chairman Mao)
    tenor (Chairman Mao)
  • Gerald Finley

    bass-baritone (Chou En-Lai)
    bass-baritone (Chou En-Lai)
  • Robert Orth

    baritone (President Nixon)
    baritone (President Nixon)
  • Jessica Rivera

    soprano (Pat Nixon)
    soprano (Pat Nixon)
  • James Rutherford

    bass-baritone (Kissinger)
    bass-baritone (Kissinger)
  • Stephanie Marshall

    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
  • Louise Poole

    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
  • Susan Platts

    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
    mezzo-soprano (Secretary)
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
  • John Adams

    conductor
    conductor
  • Paul Curran

    stage director
    stage director

  Composers

  • John Adams

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