Nixon in China - John Adams

Orchestra Of St. Luke’s Chorus Of St. Luke’s Conductor: Edo De Waart Libretto: Alice Goodman Original production directed by Peter Sellars Chou En-lai: Sanford Sylvan Henry Kissinger: Thomas Hammons Richard Nixon: James Maddalena Nancy T’ang (First Secretary To Mao): Mari Opatz Second Secretary: Stephanie Friedman Third Secretary: Marion Dry Chiang Ch’ing (Madame Mao Tse-tung): Trudy Ellen Craney Pat Nixon: Carolann Page Mao Tse-tung: John Duykers Time: February 1972. Place: In and around Beijing (then known as Peking)