| San Francisco Opera - Nixon in China Reviews | 24 April 2024 |
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Simon O'Neill (Mao Tse-tung), Ginger Costa-Jackson, Buffy Baggott and Nicole Birkland (Mao's secretaries), and Brian Mulligan (Richard Nixon)
Chen-Ye Yuan (Chou En-lai), Maria Kanyova (Pat Nixon), Brian Mulligan (Richard Nixon)
Hye Jung Lee (Madame Mao Tse-tung)
Brian Mulligan (Richard Nixon)
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Nixon in ChinaSan Francisco OperaNo. of reviews: 13 | |
Nixon in China consternant |
 27 Jun 12 / ResMusica |
San Francisco Opera serves up a brilliant staging of Adams’ problematic “Nixon in China” |
| 26 Jun 12 / South Florida Classical Review |
'Nixon in China' by San Francisco Opera hits highs and lows |
| 26 Jun 12 / Los Angeles Times |
The eagle has landed |
| 25 Jun 12 / Out West Arts |
“Nixon in China” gets its due from San Francisco Opera |
| 20 Jun 12 / Seen and Heard |
SFO has thrown an enormous amount of talent and energy into the production |
| 20 Jun 12 / Operaville |
This production offers a decidedly contemporary point of view |
| 18 Jun 12 / The Examiner |
'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season |
| 17 Jun 12 / San Francisco Chronicle |
This Nixon came together as a strong production |
| 13 Jun 12 / Musical Criticism |
Triumph, color, and exhilaration |
| 13 Jun 12 / San Francisco Classical Voice |
A great performance of a masterpiece |
| 13 Jun 12 / SFist |
Imaginative |
| 11 Jun 12 / San Francisco Chronicle |
It's the John Adams score that towers above all else |
| 10 Jun 12 / Mercury News |
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In conversation with the cast of Nixon in China at SF Opera
Maria Kanyova, Hye Jung Lee and Simon O'Neill discuss their experience with John Adams' opera.
Maria Kanyova, Hye Jung Lee and Simon O'Neill discuss their experience with John Adams' opera.
'Nixon in China' gets San Francisco Opera premiere
"Nixon in China" will get its San Francisco premiere a quarter century after its debut at the Houston Grand Opera, which critics dismissed as "CNN opera" at the time.
"Nixon in China" will get its San Francisco premiere a quarter century after its debut at the Houston Grand Opera, which critics dismissed as "CNN opera" at the time.
Production details
Cast
Mulligan, Kanyova, Yuan, O'Neill, Carfizzi, Lee, Costa-Jackson, Baggott, Birkland
(c) Renes (d) Cavanagh
Performance dates
8, 14, 17(m), 22, 26, 30 June, 3 July 2012
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