Name: Nixon in China
Start: 2024-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opernhaus

Organization

Singer

Bass

Michael Mayes

Nixon

Baritone

Shigeo Ishino

Kissinger

Mezzo-soprano

Ida Ränzlöv

1. Secretary

Tenor

Matthias Klink

Mao Tse-tung

Soprano

Katherine Manley

Patricia Nixon

Conductor

André de Ridder

Stage director

Marco Štorman

Set designer

Frauke Löffel

Costume designer

Sara Schwartz

Video designer

Bert Zander

Lighting designer

Reinhard Traub

Chorus master

Bernhard Moncado

Dramaturge

Ingo Gerlach

Alina Adamski

Madam Mao

Orchestra

Staatsorchesters Stuttgart

Staatsoper Stuttgart

Lluís Calvet i Pey

Premier Chou En Lai

Countertenor

Deborah Saffery

Second Secretary

Leia Lensing

Third Secretary

English

Nixon in China

Stuttgart

Germany

Opernhaus

Nixon in China Adams

Public

Private

German

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

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

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

Erste Einblicke in die Neuproduktion von John Adams' NIXON IN CHINA: Interviews mit Regisseur Marco Štorman und Tenor Matthias Klink

„Eine der intelligentesten Inszenierungen, die derzeit auf Opernbühnen zu erleben ist“, befand der SWR nach der Premiere von John Adams’ Nixon in China im Jahr 2019. Regisseur Marco Štorman inszeniert die Minimal-Music-Oper als Dekonstruktions-Revue über die Macht der Bilder, die Politik der Inszenierung und die Inszenierung von Politik. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Staatsbesuch Richard Nixons bei Mao Tse-tung – neben der Mondlandung der Apollo-11-Mission drei Jahre zuvor eines der größten Medienereignisse der Zeit. Mit seiner Oper zielte Adams keineswegs auf eine oberflächliche oder karikierende Darstellung des Staatsbesuchs: Er wollte eine „heroische Oper“ über die Konstruktion von modernen Mythen schreiben – mit archetypischen Situationen und Figuren und nicht zuletzt mit hypnotischsuggestiver Musik.

Deutsch

“One of the most intelligent productions currently to be seen on opera stages!” (Bernd Künzig, SWR2) Director Marco Štorman stages Adam’s minimal music opera as a deconstruction review about the power of images, the politics of (self) staging and the staging of politics. Besides the landing on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Richard Nixon’s meeting with China’s leader Mao Zedong in February 1972 then represented one of the biggest media spectacles in history. It was not John Adam’s aim to create a superficial or even a caricaturing representation of Nixon’s visit when composing his opera. He attempted to create a „heroic opera“ about the construction of modern myths by using archetypical characters and situations.

Nixon in China by Adams, Sun 18 Feb 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Marco Štorman,, Conductor André de Ridder, Opernhaus, Stuttgart, Germany

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