Nixon in China / [a production of WNET/New York and Houston Grand Opera ; director, Peter Sellars ; for television: producer, Michael Bronson ; director, Brian Large ; writer, Gerald Fitzgerald].



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A broadcast of the program Great Performances, April 15, 1988 by PBS. Previously released on VHS in 1988 by Houston Grand Opera. Music by John Adams ; libretto by Alice Goodman ; choreography, Mark Morris. James Maddalena, Carolann Page, John Duykers, Sanford Sylvan, Trudy Ellen Craney, Thomas Hammons ; featured dancers: Heather Toma, Steven Ochoa. Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Chorus ; orchestra, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra ; conductor, John DeMain.

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Nixon in China / [a production of WNET/New York and Houston Grand Opera ; director, Peter Sellars ; for television: producer, Michael Bronson ; director, Brian Large ; writer, Gerald Fitzgerald].
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Adams, John. 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81028483. http://viaf.org/viaf/46948513.
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Walter Cronkite provides historical background and narrates this grand opera depicting U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic state visit to mainland China in February 1972. Features the Houston Grand Opera Chorus, the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, and dancers Heather Toma and Steven Ochoa.
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