Name: Nixon in China
Start: 2014-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Organization

Admin

Baritone

James Cleverton

Premier Chou En Lai

Conductor

Fergus Sheil

Stage director

Michael Cavanagh

Wide Open Opera

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano

Sharon Carty

1. Secretary

Lighting designer

Harry Frehner

Costume designer

Parvin Mirhady

Set designer

Erhard Rom

Choreographer

Jessika Kenney

Video

Sean Nieuwenhuis

Sound designer

David Sheppard

Bass

Barry Ryan

Nixon

Soprano

Claudia Boyle

Patricia Nixon

John Molloy

Kissinger

Singer

Hubert Francis

Mao Tse-tung

Audrey Luna

Madam Mao

Countertenor

Imelda Drumm

Second Secretary

Doreen Curran

Third Secretary

Chorus

Chorus of Wide Open Opera

Nixon in China

Dublin

Ireland

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Public

Approved

Irish premiere of Nixon in China (Wide Open Opera 2014)

Nixon’s secretaries (L-R Sharon Carty, Imelda Drumm, Doreen Curran)

Nixon in China Adams

Irish premiere of a classic work of contemporary opera – Nixon in China by American composer John Adams
Wide Open Opera

One of the largest opera productions ever to be staged in Ireland, Fergus Sheil oversaw and conducted the Irish premiere of Nixon in China with Wide Open Opera for three performances at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in May 2014.

This highly acclaimed production was previously presented at Vancouver Opera and San Francisco Opera directed by Michael Cavanagh it featured breath-taking sets by Erhard Rom including a life-size presidential 747 jet that landed spectacularly in Peking with the aid of inspired video by Sean Nieuwenhuis.

The production featured Australian baritone Barry Ryan as Nixon with outstanding sopranos Claudia Boyle and Audrey Luna as Mrs Nixon and Madame Mao respectively. A specially assembled chorus sang and a hand-picked dance company were led with new choreography by Jessica Kennedy.

English

Nixon in China by Adams, From (2014/2014), Directed by Michael Cavanagh,, Conductor Fergus Sheil, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

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