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Composer(s): Adams, John
Lyricist(s): Goodman, Alice
Conductor(s): Alsop, Marin
Orchestra(s): Colorado Symphony Orchestra
Choir(s): Opera Colorado Chorus
Artist(s): Dahl, Tracy; DeDominici, Jennifer; Hammons, Thomas; Heller, Marc; Kanyova, Maria; Malde, Melissa; Orth, Robert; Simson, Julie; Yuan, Chen-Ye
Label: Naxos
Series: American Opera Classics
Genre: Opera
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.669022-24
Barcode: 730099902274
Release Date: 10/2009
ADAMS, J.: Nixon in China (Orth, Kanyova, Hammons, Heller, Opera Colorado Chorus, Colorado Symphony, Alsop)
A longtime collaborator of John Adams and champion of his music, Marin Alsop directs this live recording of Opera Colorado’s 25th Anniversary Celebration production of Nixon in China, presented at Denver’s new Ellie Caulkins Opera House during the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention, and featuring an internationally recognized cast. Alice Goodman’s epic libretto and John Adams’s distinctive music weave together a colorful fabric of actual events from President Nixon’s historic visit to the People’s Republic of China with intimate examinations of the opera’s real life characters. The spectacle, drama, humor and pathos of this masterpiece remain as compelling today as when the opera was premièred in 1987.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Adams, John
Goodman, Alice - Lyricist
Goodman, Alice - Lyricist
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
|  | 1 | Act I Scene 1: Beginning | 02:46 |
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act I Scene 1: Soldiers of heaven hold the sky (Chorus) | 02:45 |
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act I Scene 1: The people are the heroes now (Chorus) | 02:51 |
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 4 | Act I Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76 | 02:34 |
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 5 | Act I Scene 1: Your flight was smooth, I hope? (Chou, Nixon) | 01:25 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act I Scene 1: News has a kind of mystery (Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) | 07:29 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 7 | Act I Scene 2: Beginning - I can't talk very well. My throat… (Mao, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) | 04:19 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
| | 8 | Act I Scene 2: You know we'll meet with your confrere, the Democratic candidate (Mao, Nixon, Kissinger) | 02:40 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 9 | Act I Scene 2: You've said that there's a certain well-known tree (Chou, Nixon, Mao, Kissinger, 3 Secretaries) | 02:48 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
| | 10 | Act I Scene 2: Founders come first, then profiteers (Mao, 3 Secretaries, Nixon, Chou, Kissinger) | 07:25 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act I Scene 2: We no longer need Confucius (Mao, 3 Secretaries) | 03:10 |
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 12 | Act I Scene 2: Like the Ming Tombs (Nixon, 3 Secretaries, Mao, Chou) | 05:34 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 13 | Act I Scene 3: Beginning - The night is young (Nixon, Pat, Chou, Kissinger, Chorus) | 06:32 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 14 | Act I Scene 3: Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends (Chou, Chorus, Pat, Kissinger) | 07:00 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 15 | Act I Scene 3: Mr. Premier, distinguished guests (Nixon, Chorus) | 02:48 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 16 | Act I Scene 3: Cheers! (Chorus, Nixon, Chou, Pat, Kissinger) | 04:16 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Act II Scene 1: Beginning - I don't daydream and don't look back (Pat) | 03:49 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act II Scene 1: Look down at the earth (Chorus, Pat, 3 Secretaries) | 05:51 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act II Scene 1: This is prophetic! (Pat) | 07:58 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 4 | Act II Scene 1: At last the weather's warming up (Pat, Chorus) | 03:19 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 5 | Act II Scene 2: Beginning - Young as we are (3 Secretaries) | 03:02 |
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act II Scene 2: O what a day I thought I'd die! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Chorus as Ching-hua, 3 Secretaries, Pat) | 04:41 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 7 | Act II Scene 2: Whip her to death! (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Pat, Nixon) | 02:58 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 8 | Act II Scene 2: Tropical Storm: There there, there there (Pat) | 04:57 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 9 | Act II Scene 2: Flesh Rebels (Chorus as Militia) | 03:09 |
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 10 | Act II Scene 2: I have my brief (Kissinger as Lao Szu, Nixon) | 01:11 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act II Scene 2: It seems so strange (Chorus as Ching-hua, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat, Nixon, 3 Secretaries) | 03:02 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Malde, Melissa (mezzo-soprano)
Simson, Julie (mezzo-soprano)
DeDominici, Jennifer (mezzo-soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 12 | Act II Scene 2: I am the wife of Mao Tse-tung (Chiang Ch'ing, Chorus) | 07:05 |
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Opera Colorado Chorus (Choir)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Disc 3
| | 1 | Act III: Beginning | 01:10 |
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 2 | Act III: Some men you cannot satisfy (Kissinger, Nixon, Pat, Chou, Chiang Ch'ing) | 03:09 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 3 | Act III: I am no one (Mao, Chou, Kissinger, Chiang Ch'ing, Pat) | 03:47 |
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Hammons, Thomas (bass-baritone)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 4 | Act III: The Maos Dance (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Pat, Nixon, Chou) | 02:05 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 5 | Act III: Sitting around the radio (Nixon, Pat) | 01:17 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 6 | Act III: Let us examine what you did (Mao, Chiang Ch'ing, Chou) | 02:55 |
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 7 | Act III: When I woke up I dimly realized the Jap Bombers had given us a miss (Nixon, Pat) | 01:22 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 8 | Act III: I have no offspring (Chou, Mao, Chiang Ch'ing) | 02:05 |
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 9 | Act III: I can keep still (Chiang Ch'ing) | 03:14 |
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 10 | Act III: After that the sweat had soaked my uniform (Nixon, Pat, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao, Chou) | 02:55 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 11 | Act III: Peking watches the stars (Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) | 03:30 |
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 12 | Act III: You won at poker (Pat, Nixon, Chiang Ch'ing, Mao) | 04:02 |
Orth, Robert (baritone)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Kanyova, Maria (soprano)
Heller, Marc (tenor)
Dahl, Tracy (soprano)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
| | 13 | Act III: I am old and I cannot sleep (Chou) | 04:57 |
Yuan, Chen-Ye (baritone)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Colorado Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Total Playing Time: 02:33:52