Nixon in China - John Adams
The Royal Danish Opera may 2019
Director: John Fulljames Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov Conductor: Ian Ryan Set Designer: Dick Bird Costume Design: Dick Bird   Choreographer: John Ross Lighting Design: Ellen Ruge Video Design: Will Duke Lyddesign: Cameron Crosby Photo: Camilla Winther
In 1972, Nixon embarked on a state visit that still reverberates in top political circles today. That visit is now the background for one of the most influential operas of recent times. An image of those hiding behind the facade of power, created by one of the most important composers of the modern era, John Adams. The powers that be are playing political games through the media, and faith in the vast state institutions is disappearing. That was also the case in 1972, when Richard Nixon embarked on an unexpected state visit to China – a visit that formed the basis for a budding brotherhood between two arch enemies.		This is the inspiration for John Adams’ opera, staged by the new artistic director of the Royal Danish Opera, John Fulljames. John Adams takes us deep under the skin of the people we know only from paperthin media reality to create new understanding of them and how history is made. The opera, which has played to full houses worldwide and reaped outstanding critical acclaim, will now be performed for the first time in Denmark. Co-production with Scottish Opera and the Moscow State Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre.