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James Rutherford

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Jessica Rivera

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Prom 72: John Adams – Nixon In China

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Royal Albert Hall

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Nixon in China

Arshiya Banu

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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.

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Prom 72: John Adams – Nixon In China by Adams, From (2012/2012), Directed by Paul Curran,, Conductor John Coolidge Adams, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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