Nixon in China is an opera in three acts by John Adams with a libretto by Alice Goodman. Adams's first opera, it was inspired by U.S. president Richard...
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Nixon to China From February 21 to 28, 1972, President of the United States Richard Nixon visited Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC)...
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The phrase "Nixon goes to China", "Nixon to China", or "Nixon in China" is a historical reference to U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the...
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Nixon in China is an opera by John Adams. Nixon in China may also refer to: 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China Nixon goes to China, metaphor for an unexpected...
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Christopher Nixon Cox (born March 14, 1979) is an American lawyer based in New York. He is the son of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox, and grandson...
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"Pat" Nixon (née Ryan; March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of President Richard Nixon. She...
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Nixon's China Game is a documentary on Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. It won a 1999 Peabody Award. "Playing the China Card (Nixon's China Game)"...
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landslide re-election. Nixon's primary focus while in office was on foreign affairs. He focused on détente with the People's Republic of China and the Soviet...
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of Richard Nixon (1969–1974) focused on reducing the dangers of the Cold War among the Soviet Union and China. President Richard Nixon's policy sought...
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member...
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John Adams (composer) (section 1977 to Nixon in China)
Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) and the orchestral work El Dorado (1991). Adams's first opera was Nixon in China (1987), which recounts Richard Nixon's 1972...
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Behemoth (category Articles lacking in-text citations from April 2024)
and oversees the banquets in Hell while having a good singing voice. The Behemoth is also mentioned in the opera, Nixon in China, composed by John Adams...
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States (1969–1974), and his wife Pat Nixon. Located in Yorba Linda, California, on land that President Nixon's family once owned, the library is one...
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(Nixon in China), a role she had previously sung under the baton of the composer, John Adams, at the Met. Costa-Jackson's first professional role in Europe...
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The Bird of Peace (redirect from Nixon swans)
is a porcelain statue of mute swans gifted by Richard Nixon to the People's Republic of China during his 1972 diplomatic visit to the country. The production...
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which is utilized in other works like Phrygian Gates, Shaker Loops, and Nixon in China. This style derives from minimalism as defined by the works of Steve...
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and China improved following the Sino-Soviet split and the 1972 visit by Richard Nixon to China. However, since the end of the Cold War, anti-Chinese sentiment...
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Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987) was a younger brother of U.S. President Richard Nixon. He was the third of five sons: Harold Nixon (June...
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Opera production of Nixon in China and the television broadcast the following year, as well as the 1991 PBS Great Performances: Dance in America staging of...
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role in developing the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China during the Nixon administration, which culminated in Nixon's...
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Houston Grand Opera (category Tourist attractions in Houston)
regional Emmy for editing Nixon in China, John Adams and Alice Goodman, 1988, for Outstanding Musical Program Nixon in China, John Adams and Alice Goodman...
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Baritone (section Subtypes and roles in opera)
Kurlyatev, The Enchantress Prosdocimo, Il turco in Italia Raimbaud, Le comte Ory Richard Nixon, Nixon in China Ruggiero, La Juive Rigoletto, Rigoletto Rodrigue...
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She has written the libretti for two of the operas of John Adams (Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer) and the text of a cantata by Tarik O'Regan...
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Shanghai Communiqué (redirect from Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China)
sent to China for secret diplomatic missions in 1971, which included early deliberations over the communiqué and planning for Richard Nixon to visit...
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President Richard Nixon. Born in Whittier, California, Edward was the youngest child of Francis and Hannah Nixon. In addition to his brother Richard...
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Jennie Eisenhower (category Nixon family)
born in San Clemente, California in 1978, to Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower. Her maternal grandparents were U.S. President Richard Nixon and...
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international recognition in 1987 when he originated the role of Richard Nixon at the premiere of John Adams's opera Nixon in China at Houston Grand Opera...
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composer John Adams written in 1981. It was premiered on February 26, 1982, by the San Francisco Symphony in the Japan Center in San Francisco as part of...
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Chinoiserie (redirect from Chinese-esque)
(Judith Weir, 1987) and Nixon in China (John Adams, 1987). The influence of Chinese and East Asian music has also been evident in popular music, from musical...
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Second Cold War (redirect from China-US Cold War)
period after the 1972 meeting in China between US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong. In May 1998, George Kennan described...
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