John Adams: Nixon in China
Apr 10 2012
•3h 43m
•Music, History
2012 telecast production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France.
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Franco Pomponi
Richard Nixon
Alfred Kim
Mao Tse-Toung
June Anderson
Pat Nixon
Sumi Jo
Jiang Qing
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