Nixon in China
A live screening of JOHN ADAMS' opera at USC's Norris Cinema Theater
Saturday, February 12, 2011
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
University of Southern California
Norris Cinema Theater/Frank Sinatra Hall
"All of my operas have dealt on deep psychological levels with our American mythology," says composer John Adams, who conducts the Met premiere of his most famous opera. "The meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in world history, particularly American history." Acclaimed director and longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars makes his Met debut with this groundbreaking 1987 work, an exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon's 1972 encounter with Communist China. Baritone James Maddalena stars in the title role.
Starring: Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Russell Braun, James Maddalena, Richard Paul Fink.
Conductor: John Adams. In English with English subtitles.
Approximate running time: 4 hours.
Website: cinema.usc.edu/about/events/event_20100811.htm
For more information please contact
Alessandro Ago
Tel: 213.740.2330
aago@cinema.usc.edu
