
John Adams
Nixon in China
About this work...
The brainchild of famed director Peter Sellars, and first performed in 1987, Nixon in China remains one of John Adams' best-known compositions. Like works by Philip Glass and others, it represents an attempt to reconcile the theatrical demands of opera with the seemingly incompatible musical language of minimalism. The...
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Curated by Julian Sarmiento, Double bassist