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Nixon in China lands in Dublin for triumphant Irish première

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“Luna negotiates Adams' cruelly vaulting intervals with insouciance, pings her high notes fearlessly”
Reviewed at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin on 11 May 2014
Adams, Nixon in China
Wide Open Opera
Fergus Sheil, Conductor
Michael Cavanagh, Director
Erhard Rom, Set Designer
Parvin Mirhady, Costume Designer
Audrey Luna, Madame Mao, Chiang Ch'ing
Claudia Boyle, Pat Nixon
Hugh Francis, Mao Zedong
James Cleverton, Chou En-lai
Barry Ryan, Richard Nixon
John Molloy, Henry Kissinger
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Chorus of Wide Open Opera
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