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John Adams’ opera about Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Mao Tse-Tung is performed with all round excellence, with a real find on the podium in the shape of Olivia Lee-Gunderman.

Riveting production shows that Nixon in China still speaks to today's audiences. 

The fascinating politics of this opera are diminished by the presentation of just four scenes. The music and three strong performances almost make up as Sydney gets its first taste of this work.

Nearly 30 years after its European première, Nixon in China returns to Amsterdam for an engrossing concert performance in which the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, led by Kevin John Edusei, shines.

A superb orchestral performance from Lawrence Renes and the Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra lights up Michael Cavanagh's well directed Nixon in China.

James Robinson's production of Adams' Nixon in China hits its stride at San Diego Opera. 

The Irish première of John Adams' Nixon in China results in an inspiring and triumphant evening in Dublin. 

Every opera should have at least one of those “wow” moments that lift you out of your seat and have you singing them in your head on the way home.

It’s difficult to believe that the current run of John Adams’ Nixon in China at the San Francisco Opera marks the opera’s local premiere. Adams is not only one of the leading composers of his generation, but he is also a celebrated local hero.

Read our review of Peter Sellars' production of Nixon in China by John Adams, in its 2011 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

Le chef-d'œuvre de John Adams fait son entrée à Bastille par la grande porte, avec une mise en scène inspirée de Valentina Carrasco, une distribution exemplaire et une excellente direction musicale.

Regisseur Marco Štorman inszeniert einen Abend, der ganz aus dem Geist von Adams' Musik lebt.