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Prom 72

Diese Veranstaltung fand in der Vergangenheit statt
Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, Vereinigtes Königreich
Datum/Zeit in London Zeitzone
Festspiel: BBC Proms
Programm
Adams, John (b. 1947)Nixon in China (concert performance)
Darsteller
Kathleen KimSopranMadame Mao, Chiang Ch'ing
Alan OkeTenorMao Zedong
Gerald FinleyBaritonChou En-lai
Robert OrthBaritonRichard Nixon
Jessica RiveraSopranPat Nixon
James RutherfordBassHenry Kissinger
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John AdamsMusikalische Leitung
Paul CurranDirektor
Alice Goodman’s poetic, intensely
original libretto is based on
Richard and Pat Nixon’s historic
three-day visit to China in 1972.
Protagonists viewed initially as
transcendent iconic figures are
not so much satirised as seen for
what they are. The score pounds
away eclectically with nods to
Broadway and rock, Minimalism and Igor Stravinsky,
but there’s no mistaking the identity of the composer,
who joins us tonight, nor the colour and brilliance of
one of the iconic works of our time.