Met celebrates Nixon in China
By Chen Weihua | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-11 07:47
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While watching The Red Detachment of Women, former US president Richard Nixon (James Maddalena) and his wife (Janis Kelly) are drawn to the protagonists' fates. Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera |
John Adams' musical masterpiece has made its long-awaited debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera, and a prominent feature of it is the revolutionary ballet The Red Detachment of Women. Chen Weihua reports from New York.
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