John Adams: Nixon in China
2011, English. Directed by Peter Sellars.
John Adams’s groundbreaking work vividly brings to life US President Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China. Peter Sellars’s Metropolitan Opera production, based on his 1987 world-premiere staging, features choreography by Mark Morris and stars James Maddalena as Nixon, Robert Brubaker as Chairman Mao, Janis Kelly as First Lady Pat Nixon, Russell Braun as Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, and Kathleen Kim as Chiang Ch’ing, Mao’s wife. From the pomp of the public displays to the intimacy of the protagonists most private moments, Adams, Sellars and librettist Alice Goodman reveal the real characters behind the headlines in this landmark American opera.
- Runtime
- 2h 56m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Peter SellarsDirector
- James MaddalenaRichard Nixon
- Robert BrubakerMao Tse-tung
- Janis KellyPat Nixon
- Kathleen KimChiang Ch’ing
- Richard Paul FinkHenry Kissinger
- Russell BraunChou En-Lai
- Ginger Costa-JacksonFirst Secretary to Mao
- Teresa S. HeroldSecond Secretary to Mao
- Tamara MumfordThird Secretary to Mao
- Haruno YamazakiSolo Dancer
- Kanji SegawaSolo Dancer
- MET OrchestraCast
Details
- Released
- 12 February 2011
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Alice Goodman
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John Adams: Nixon in China isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 February 2011. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed John Adams: Nixon in China?
John Adams: Nixon in China (2011) was directed by Peter Sellars and stars James Maddalena, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly.