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Opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, John, 1947-
Corporate Authors: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra (Performer), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus (Performer), Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Producer)
Other Authors: Sellars, Peter (Director), Goodman, Alice (Librettist), Maddalena, James (Performer), Kelly, Janis, 1954- (Performer), Brubaker, Robert (Tenor) (Performer), Kim, Kathleen (Performer), Braun, Russell, 1968- (Performer), Fink, Richard Paul (Performer), Hampson, Thomas (Performer), Palumbo, Donald (Conductor), Morris, Mark, 1956- (Choreographer), Lobel, Adrianne (Designer), Ramicova, Dunya (Costume designer), Ingalls, James F. (Designer), Briccetti, Louisa (Producer), Warivonchik, Victoria (Producer), Park, Elena (Interviewer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish or Portuguese.
Published: New York : Nonesuch Records, [2012]
Series:Metropolitan Opera HD live.
Subjects:
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994 > Travel > China > Drama.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Travel.
China.
Operas.
Nonfiction films.
Drama.
Description
Summary:Opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972.
Item Description:Booklet contains: DVD chapters ; The myth of history, an interview of John Adams and Peter Sellars by Elena Park ; a synopsis of the opera by Alice Goodman (inserted in DVD container).
A Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and WNET.
Production originally created by English National Opera.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 15 cm).
Format:DVD ; all regions ; 16:9 aspect ratio ; Dolby TrueHD 24-bit Surround and Dolby TrueHD 24-bit stereo.
Production 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.