Event listing: Nixon in China | War Memorial Opera House | Event is in the past

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War Memorial Opera House San Francisco, California, 94102, United States

Dates/times in Los Angeles time zone

Programme

Adams, John (b. 1947)

Performers

San Francisco Opera
Lawrence Renes	Conductor
Michael Cavanagh	Director
Brian Mulligan	Baritone	Richard Nixon
Maria Kanyova	Soprano	Pat Nixon
Simon O'Neill	Tenor	Mao Zedong
Hye Jung Lee	Soprano	Madame Mao, Chiang Ch'ing
Chen-Ye Yuan	Baritone	Chou En-lai
Patrick Carfizzi	Baritone	Henry Kissinger

Reviews of Nixon in China directed by Michael Cavanagh

****1

Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, October 2016

****1

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, May 2014

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Nixon in China reaches San Francisco

Jeffery S. McMillan, 17th June

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.

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