Nixon In China News

 
Indian artist steals the show in Paris theatre
Hindustan Times
Like deities, US President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat seemingly appear out of thin air and walk down a gangway ladder to the stage. The setting is Paris's iconic, 150-year-old Théâtre du Châtelet. Unfolding on stage is a scene from Nixon in China, ...


 
UPDATED: MUSICAL NOTES: Long Beach Opera Provides Polish With Important Work
Gazette Newspapers
First came John Adams's “Nixon in China,” then Philip Glass's “Akhenaten.” Now with the Golijov, LBO has a real winner, on many artistic levels. Golijov's score is a marvel, flavorful, evocative, hypnotic and thoroughly exciting.

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Classical Music: SF Opera has'Attila' (and his ilk) and an eye-popping 'Magic ...
San Jose Mercury News
The most dramatic example, of course, will be the company's local premiere of John Adams' ground-breaking history-as-opera, "Nixon in China," which will be the subject of a preview story in the May 31editions of the San Jose Mercury News, ...

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Globe and Mail
US-Iran Talks in Baghdad Must Come with Compromise by White House and Congress
Huffington Post
Never has President Barack Obama, taking example from President Richard Nixon in China with Mao Zedong or President John F. Kennedy with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, offered to sit down with Iran's supreme leader or president.
The Nixon option for Iran?The Australian
War With Iran Has Already BegunCounterPunch

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Summer 2012: Bay Area classical music
San Jose Mercury News
By Richard Scheinin A scene from John Adams' "Nixon in China," coming soon to San Francisco Opera. Photo by Cory Weaver/Lyric Opera of Kansas City, courtesy San Francisco Opera. No respite for the classically inclined: This summer's choosings are vast, ...

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Things to do and see in Marin County, May 24 through 31, 2012
Marin Independent-Journal
May 31: Marin Chapter of the San Francisco Opera Guild preview presentation about John Adams' "Nixon in China" with Stephen Hinton. 7:30 pm $10. MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY — Valley Memorial Cemetery, 650 Bugeia Lane, Novato. May 28: American Legion Post ...

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SanFranciscoSentinel.com
"Nixon in China" touches down at San Francisco Opera
Sacramento Bee (blog)
It's hard to believe that it has been 25 years since John Adams' "Nixon in China" opera hit the opera stage. That work, which has a libretto by Alice Goodman, has aged very well. And it is only fitting that the anniversary gets honored when the San ...
Talk Like An Opera Geek: Pioneering An American SoundNPR (blog)

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