The Met Live in HD:
Nixon in China

“All of my operas have dealt on deep psychological levels with our American mythology,” says composer John Adams, who conducts the Met premiere of his most famous opera. “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 1972 encounter with Communist China. Baritone James Maddalena stars in the title role. 

This production originally created by English National Opera.
Composer John Adams
Libretto Alice Goodman
Conductor John Adams
Production Peter Sellars
Set Design Adrianne Lobel
Costume Design Dunya Ramicova
Lighting Design James F. Ingalls
Choreographer Mark Morris
Sound Designer Mark Grey
Chiang Ch’ing Kathleen Kim
Pat Nixon Janis Kelly
Mao Tse-tung Robert Brubaker
Chou En-lai Russell Braun
Richard Nixon James Maddalena
Henry Kissinger Richard Paul Fink

This event is sponsored by M&T Bank, Package Pavement Company, Inc. and Red Wing Properties, Inc.

Our 2010/11 The Met: Live in HD broadcasts are made possible in large part through the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, the Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, the Dr. Edwin A. Ulrich Charitable Trust, and the Benjamin R. Strong Opera Fund and the Stephen & Julia Dunwell Fund, both of the Community Foundations of the Hudson valley.