Nixon In China (Sellars (2012)/ Adams) (Incl. standard DVD version) / John Adams

Nonesuch Records releases the Metropolitan Operas performance of John Adams Nixon in China, with the composer conducting, on Blu-ray and DVD together in one package. The Mets production, staged by Adams longtime collaborator Peter Sellars, stars James Maddalena as Richard Nixon, a role he created at the operas world premiere exactly 25 years ago today, on October 22, 1987, and has since performed at international leading opera houses, including the English National Opera, Netherlands Opera, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Nixon in China was recorded and broadcast live in movie theaters around the world as a part of The Met: Live in HD on February 12, 2011, 10 days after the opera received its Met premiere.