Nixon in China
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Nixon in China is a landmark 1987 opera by John Adams that dramatizes U.S. President Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China, blending minimalist music with contemporary political history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nixon in China canonical | 1 |
| Nixon visit to China | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 3 ⓘ |
| basedOn | 1972 visit of Richard Nixon to the People’s Republic of China ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Brooklyn Academy of Music
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ Houston Grand Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | John Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely regarded as a landmark late-20th-century opera ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Nixon’s meeting with Mao Zedong
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Nixon’s meeting with Zhou Enlai ⓘ state banquet in China ⓘ |
| directorOfWorldPremiereProduction | Peter Sellars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceConductor | John DeMain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingConductor | Edo de Waart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingLabel | Nonesuch Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingOrchestra | Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstRecordingYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
ⓘ
minimalist opera ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Henry Kissinger
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Jiang Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| librettist | Alice Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jiang Qing
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Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria |
I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung
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News has a kind of mystery ⓘ This is prophetic ⓘ |
| notableProduction | Metropolitan Opera 2011 production ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
large percussion section
ⓘ
prominent saxophone section ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Houston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1987-10-22 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Houston Grand Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1972 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
fusion of minimalism with late-Romantic orchestration
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pulsating harmonic fields ⓘ repetitive rhythmic patterns ⓘ |
| theme |
clash of political ideologies
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media and political spectacle ⓘ mythologizing of contemporary history ⓘ public image versus private reflection ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Nixon visit to China