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| Composer(s): | John Adams (15 Feb 1947)
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| Work identifier: | M4927
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| Real Name: | Nixon in China
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| Display Name: | Nixon in China
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| Composed: | c. 1987
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| First Performed: | 22 Oct 1987
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| Genre: | Opera + Operetta
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| Genre Type: | Opera
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| Period: | 20th century
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| Instrumentation: | Opera Orchestra
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| Librettist(s): | Alice Goodman
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| Text Composed: | c. 1987
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| Mvt. 1 | Act I, Scene I: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 2 | Act I, Scene I: 'Soldiers Of Heaven Hold The Sky' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 3 | Act I, Scene I: 'The People Are The Heroes Now' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 4 | Act I, Scene I: Landing Of The Spirit Of '76 (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 5 | Act I, Scene I: 'Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 6 | Act I, Scene I: 'News Has A Kind Of Mystery:' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 7 | Act I, Scene II: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 8 | Act I, Scene II: 'You Know We'll Meet With Your Confrere The Democratic Candidate If He Should Win.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 9 | Act I, Scene II: 'You've Said That There's A Certain Well-Known Tree' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 10 | Act I, Scene II: 'Founders Come First, Then Profiteers.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 11 | Act I, Scene II: 'We No Longer Need Confucius.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 12 | Act I, Scene II: 'Like The Ming Tombs.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 13 | Act I, Scene III: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 14 | Act I, Scene III: 'Ladies And Gentlemen, Comrades And Friends,' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 15 | Act I, Scene III: 'Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 16 | Act I, Scene III: Cheers (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 17 | Act II, Scene I: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 18 | Act II, Scene I: 'Look Down At The Earth,' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 19 | Act II, Scene I: 'This Is Prophetic!' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 20 | Act II, Scene I: 'At Last The Weather's Warming Up.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 21 | Act II, Scene II: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 22 | Act II, Scene II: 'Oh What A Day I Thought I'd Die!' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 23 | Act II, Scene II: 'Whip Her To Death!' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 24 | Act II, Scene II: Tropical Storm (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 25 | Act II, Scene II: 'Flesh Rebels' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 26 | Act II, Scene II: 'I Have My Brief' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 27 | Act II, Scene II: 'It Seems So Strange' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 28 | Act II, Scene II: 'I Am The Wife Of Mao Tse-Tung' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 29 | Act III: Beginning (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 30 | Act III: 'Some Men You Cannot Satisfy.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 31 | Act III: 'I Am No One.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 32 | Act III: The Maos Dance (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 33 | Act III: 'Sitting Around The Radio' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 34 | Act III: 'Let Us Examine What You Did.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 35 | Act III: 'When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized The Jap Bombers Had Given...' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 36 | Act III: 'I Have No Offspring.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 37 | Act III: 'I Can Keep Still,' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 38 | Act III: 'After That The Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 39 | Act III: 'Peking Watches The Stars,' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 40 | Act III: 'You Won At Poker.' (Opera Orchestra) |
| Mvt. 41 | Act III: 'I Am Old And I Cannot Sleep' (Opera Orchestra) |