Nixon in China

by John Adams

Company : Washington National Opera, Washington

• Conductor : Robert Spano
• Director : Elkhanah Pulitzer
• Choreography : Jessica Lang
• Stage design : Alexander V Nichols
• Costume design : Elisabeth Scott
• Light design : Duane Schuler
• Video design : Bill Morrison
• Dramaturgy : Lucia Scheckner

Cast

• Richard Nixon : Thomas Hampson
• Pat Nixon : Renée Fleming
• Chou En-lai : Joo Won Kang
• Mao Tse-tung : John Matthew Myers
• Henry Kissinger : Robert Pomakov
• Chiang Ch'ing : Kathleen Kim
• Nancy Tang, first secretary to Mao : Veronica Siebert
• Second secretary to Mao : Anna Maria Vacca
• Third secretary to Mao : Cecilia McKinley
• Wu Ching-Hua : Kayla Thomas

Performance dates

• 14/11/2026 19:00
• 19/11/2026 19:00
• 21/11/2026 14:00