John Adams: Nixon in China

10.0
  • Genre: Music
  • Run time: 162 min
  • Premiere: 2019. May 11.

Besides the landing on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Richard Nixon’s meeting with China’s leader Mao Zedong in February 1972 then represented one of the biggest media spectacles in history. Nixon himself established the reference between the two events: “We came in peace for all mankind” not only marked the lunar module Eagle’s landing spot – Nixon also spoke of it into the microphones just before his departure to China. It was not John Adam’s aim to create a superficial or even a caricaturing representation of Nixon’s visit when composing his opera. He attempted to create a “heroic opera” about the construction of modern myths by using archetypical characters and situations. Director Marco Štorman stages Adams’ minimal music opera as a deconstruction review about the power of images, the politics of staging and the staging of politics.

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Michael Mayes

Richard Nixon

Matthias Klink

Mao Tse-tung

Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod

Chiang Ch’ing

Shigeo Ishino

Henry Kissinger

Jarett Ott

Chou En-lai

Ida Ränzlöv

First Secretary to Mao

Fiorella Hincapié

Second Secretary to Mao

Luise von Garnier

Third Secretary to Mao

Art

Frauke Löffel

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Sara Schwartz

Costume Designer

Crew

Ingo Gerlach

Dramaturgy

Alexandra Morales

Choreographer

Directing

Marco Štorman

Director

Marco Štorman

Stage Director

Lighting

Reinhard Traub

Lighting Design

Sound

John Adams

Original Music Composer

André de Ridder

Music Director

Writing

Art

Frauke Löffel

Set Designer

Costume & Make-Up

Sara Schwartz

Costume Designer

Crew

Ingo Gerlach

Dramaturgy

Alexandra Morales

Choreographer

Directing

Marco Štorman

Director

Marco Štorman

Stage Director

Lighting

Reinhard Traub

Lighting Design

Sound

John Adams

Original Music Composer

André de Ridder

Music Director

Writing