Name: Nixon in China
Start: 2023-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
Location: CGM-Arena

Organization

Conductor

Marcus Merkel

Stage director

Markus Dietze

Set designer

Christian Binz

Costume designer

Video designer

Georg Lendorff

Choreographer

Annett Goehre

Dramaturge

Margot Weber

Chorus master

Karsten Huschke

Aki Schmitt

Singer

Bass

Andrew Finden

Nixon

Soprano

Danielle Rohr

Patricia Nixon

Baritone

Nico Wouterse

Kissinger

Tenor

Tobias Haaks

Mao Tse-tung

Christoph Plessers

Premier Chou En Lai

Mezzo-soprano

Theresa Dittmar

1. Secretary

Countertenor

Haruna Yamazaki

Second Secretary

Agnes Konnerth

Third Secretary

Hana Lee

Madam Mao

Theater Koblenz

Orchestra

Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie

Nixon in China

Koblenz

Germany

CGM-Arena

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

"Nixon in China" brings contemporary history to the opera stage and is about the first state visit of an American president to the People's Republic of China. On February 21, 1972, President Richard Nixon's plane, accompanied by his wife Pat and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, landed in Beijing. It comes to the legendary handshake with Mao Tse-Tung, the chairman of the Communist Party. The side program of the state visit includes an evening at the opera, where a revolutionary ballet staged by Madame Mao, the fourth wife of the chairman, will be performed. At the end, Prime Minister Chou En-lai looks to the future: "How much of what we did was good?"

As he says himself, the roles of the two female protagonists Pat and Madame Mao, or Chiang Ch'ing, were of particular importance to the composer. As the wives of politicians from two diametrically opposed worlds, they point to the alternatives of living together with a partner who is entangled in power and political manipulation, in analogy to the duality of yin and yang.

English

„Nixon in China“ bringt Zeitgeschichte auf die Opernbühne und handelt vom ersten Staatsbesuch eines amerikanischen Präsidenten in der Volksrepublik China. Am 21. Februar 1972 landet das Flugzeug des Präsidenten Richard Nixon, begleitet von seiner Frau Pat und dem Sicherheitsberater Henry Kissinger, in Peking. Es kommt zum legendären Handschlag mit Mao Tse-Tung, dem Vorsitzenden der Kommunistischen Partei. Zum Rahmenprogramm des Staatsbesuchs gehört ein Abend in der Oper, wo ein von Madame Mao, der vierten Ehefrau des Vorsitzenden, inszeniertes Revolutionsballett aufgeführt wird. Am Ende wirft Premierminister Chou En-lai seinen Blick in die Zukunft: „Wie viel von dem, was wir taten, war gut?“

Von besonderer Bedeutung waren für den Komponisten, wie er selbst sagt, die Rollen der beiden weiblichen Hauptfiguren Pat und Madame Mao, bzw. Chiang Ch’ing. Als Ehefrauen von Politikern zweier diametral entgegengesetzter Welten verweisen sie in Analogie zur Dualität von Yin und Yang auf die Alternativen des Zusammenlebens mit einem Partner, der in Macht und politische Manipulation verstrickt ist.

Deutsch

Nixon in China by Adams, Déa 25 Beal 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Faoi stiúir Markus Dietze,, Seoltóir Marcus Merkel, CGM-Arena, Koblenz, Germany

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid