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Title Nixon in China / the Metropolitan Opera presents ; [music by] John Adams ; libretto by Alice Goodman ; production by Peter Sellars.

Publication Info. New York : Nonesuch Records, [2012]
©2011

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD MET NIXON DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
video file Blu-ray
video file DVD video
Series Metropolitan Opera HD live
Metropolitan Opera HD live.
System Details DVD ; all region (region 0) ; 16:9 aspect ratio ; Dolby TrueHD 24-bit Surround and Dolby TrueHD 24-bit stereo. soundtracks.
Blu-ray ; all region (region 0) ; 16:9 aspect ratio ; Dolby TrueHD 24-bit Surround and Dolby TrueHD 24-bit stereo. soundtracks.
Note Opera in three acts.
Title from opening screen credits.
Performer James Maddalena (Richard Nixon) ; Janis Kelly (Pat Nixon) ; Robert Brubaker (Mao Tse-tung) ; Kathleen Kim (Chiang Ch'ing) ; Russell Braun (Chou En-lai) ; Richard Paul Fink (Henry Kissinger) ; supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; conducted by John Adams ; Thomas Hampson, host ; Donald Palumbo, chorus master.
Credits Choreography by Mark Morris ; directed by Peter Sellars ; set designer, Adrianne Lobel ; costume designer, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting designer, James F. Ingalls ; sound designer, Mark Grey ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik ; music producer, Jay David Saks ; writers, Matt Dobkin, Ellen Keel.
Event Live HD transmission of a performance at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, on February 12, 2011.
Note "Blu-ray + DVD"--container.
A Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET.
Booklet containing an interview of John Adams and Peter Sellars by Elena Park and a synopsis of the opera ([12] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Summary Opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972.
Language Sung in English; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Travel -- China -- Drama.
Operas.
Added Author Goodman, Alice. Librettist.
Sellars, Peter. Director.
Maddalena, James. Performer.
Kelly, Janis, 1949- Performer.
Brubaker, Robert. Performer.
Kim, Kathleen. Performer.
Braun, Russell, 1968- Performer.
Fink, Richard Paul. Performer.
Adams, John, 1947- Conductor.
Hampson, Thomas. Host.
Palumbo, Donald. Conductor.
Morris, Mark, 1956- Choreographer.
Lobel, Adrianne. Set designer.
Ramicova, Dunya. Costume designer.
Ingalls, James F. Lighting designer.
Grey, Mark, 1967- Sound designer.
Briccetti, Louisa. Producer.
Warivonchik, Victoria. Producer.
Saks, Jay David. Producer.
Dobkin, Matt. Author of dialog.
Keel, Ellen. Author of dialog.
Park, Elena. Writer of accompanying material.
Adams, John, 1947- Nixon in China. Composer. Conductor.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra. Performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus. Performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer.
Nonesuch Records (Firm)
Standard No. 075597960884
Music No. 532291-2 Nonesuch Records
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