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5 Sep 2012, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2012 Prom 72: John Adams –ÌýNixon in China

Prom 72: John Adams –ÌýNixon in China
Prom 72: John Adams –ÌýNixon in China
19:00 Wed 5 Sep 2012 Royal Albert Hall
John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China, based on the US premier’s 1972 Beijing visit, and creating the ‘docu-opera’ genre.
John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China, based on the US premier’s 1972 Beijing visit, and creating the ‘docu-opera’ genre.

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Alice Goodman’s poetic, intensely original libretto is based on Richard and Pat Nixon’s historic three-day visit to China in 1972. Protagonists viewed initially as transcendent iconic figures are not so much satirised as seen for what they are.

The score pounds away eclectically with nods to Broadway and rock, Minimalism and Igor Stravinsky, but there’s no mistaking the identity of the composer, who joins us tonight, nor the colour and brilliance of one of the iconic works of our time.

There will be two intervals

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Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Tom Service talks about John Adams's Nixon in China.