Nixon in China

by John Adams

Company : Opéra national de Paris, Paris

• Conductor : Kent Nagano
• Director : Valentina Carrasco
• Stage design : Carles Berga
• Stage design : Peter van Praet
• Costume design : Silvia Aymonino
• Light design : Peter van Praet
• Orchestra : Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
• Chorus : Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
• Chorus Master : Alessandro Di Stefano

Cast

• Richard Nixon : Thomas Hampson
• Pat Nixon : Renée Fleming
• Chou En-lai : Xiaomeng Zhang
• Mao Tse-tung : John Matthew Myers
• Henry Kissinger : Joshua Bloom
• Chiang Ch'ing : Caroline Wettergreen
• Nancy Tang, first secretary to Mao : Aebh Kelly
• Second secretary to Mao : Ning Liang
• Third secretary to Mao : Emanuela Pascu

Performance dates

• 24/02/2026 19:30
• 27/02/2026 19:30
• 05/03/2026 19:30
• 08/03/2026 14:30
• 11/03/2026 19:30
• 14/03/2026 19:30
• 17/03/2026 19:30
• 20/03/2026 19:30