Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	5th September 2012
To	5th September 2012
When	19:00
Prices	From £8.50. To £44.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 4 Jul 12 - T505685545

Prom 72 - John Adams - Nixon in China

Work:: Prom 72 (S6010)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: John Adams - Nixon in China (T505685545)

Semi-staged. Alice Goodman's poetic, intensely original libretto is based on Richard and Pat Nixon's historic three-day visit to China in 1972. Protagonists viewed initially as transcendent iconic figures are not so much satirised as seen for what they are. The score pounds away eclectically with nods to Broadway and rock, Minimalism and Igor Stravinsky, but there's no mistaking the identity of the composer, who joins us tonight, nor the colour and brilliance of one of the iconic works of our time. There will be two intervals. Finish time approx. 22:25

Performer	Kathleen Kim (soprano / Madame Mao)
Performer	Alan Oke (tenor / Chairman Mao)
Performer	Gerald Finley (bass-baritone / Chou En-Lai)
Performer	Robert Orth (baritone / President Nixon)
Performer	James Rutherford (bass-baritone / New Generation Artist / Kissinger\|)
Performer	Stephanie Marshall (mezzo-soprano / Secretary)
Performer	Susan Platts (mezzo-soprano / Secretary)
Company	BBC Singers
Company	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	John Adams
Director	Paul Curran

Listing:: L775978952

John Adams - Nixon in China

Semi-staged. Alice Goodman's poetic, intensely original libretto is based on Richard and Pat Nixon's historic three-day visit to China in 1972. Protagonists viewed initially as transcendent iconic figures are not so much satirised as seen for what they are. The score pounds away eclectically with nods to Broadway and rock, Minimalism and Igor Stravinsky, but there's no mistaking the identity of the composer, who joins us tonight, nor the colour and brilliance of one of the iconic works of our time. There will be two intervals. Finish time approx. 22:25

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