John Adams: Nixon in China(2023)

John Adams: Nixon in China Synopsis

In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑American relations. John Adams, a major musical figure of the last forty years, made this event of contemporary history the subject of his first opera. Nixon in China tackles the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, begun by the invitation of the American table tennis players by their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit. A mesmerising work in which the pulsations and repetitions typical of minimalism are combined with melodic lines of great lyricism. For its entry into the Paris Opera repertoire, this work has been entrusted to the director Valentina Carrasco, who underlines the importance and the mediating power of Chinese national sport in history.

John Adams: Nixon in China (2023) is a music film directed by Valentina Carrasco, released on April 16, 2023 with a runtime of 2h 45m. It stars Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and John Matthew Myers. Viewers rate it 4.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.