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...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) Act 1 At Peking Airport, contingents of the Chinese military await the arrival of the American presidential aircraft “Spirit of ’76“, carrying Nixon and his party. The military chorus sings “The Three Main Rules of Discipline“ 2:53 and “The Eight Points