Movie «John Adams: Nixon in China» [2019]

Original title: John Adams: Nixon in China [de]
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Live recording from the Stuttgart State Opera
Besides the landing on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Richard Nixon’s meeting with China’s leader Mao Zedong in February 1972 then represented one of the biggest media spectacles in history. Nixon himself established the reference between the two events: “We came in peace for all mankind” not only marked the lunar module Eagle’s landing spot – Nixon also spoke of it into the microphones just before his departure to China. It was not John Adam’s aim to create a superficial or even a caricaturing representation of Nixon’s visit when composing his opera. He attempted to create a “heroic opera” about the construction of modern myths by using archetypical characters and situations. Director Marco Štorman stages Adams’ minimal music opera as a deconstruction review about the power of images, the politics of staging and the staging of politics.
Genre
Music
Country
Germany Germany
Duration
2 hours 42 minutes
Release status
Released
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Actors
Richard Nixon poster

Richard Nixon

Michael Mayes
Mao Tse-tung poster

Mao Tse-tung

Matthias Klink
Pat Nixon poster

Pat Nixon

Katherine Manley
Chiang Ch’ing poster

Chiang Ch’ing

Gan-ya Ben-gur Akselrod
Henry Kissinger poster

Henry Kissinger

Shigeo Ishino
Chou En-lai poster

Chou En-lai

Jarett Ott
First Secretary to Mao poster

First Secretary to Mao

Ida Ränzlöv
Second Secretary to Mao poster

Second Secretary to Mao

Fiorella Hincapié
Third Secretary to Mao poster

Third Secretary to Mao

Luise von Garnier
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