• Hmm [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    This meeting is also part of the first act of American composer John Adams's English-language opera "Nixon in China"

    Here's a link to a recording of it being performed: https://youtu.be/G72JjpMEdKs?t=1320s

    (If the timestamp in the link doesn't work for you, the Mao scene starts at the 22 minute mark.)

    This recording is from a 2012 performance of the opera at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, so Mao's line about Charles de Gaulle gets some laughs from the audience.

    • Hmm [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Here's the text of the opera: https://www.opera-arias.com/adams/nixon-in-china/libretto/

      The meeting with Mao is Act 1, Scene 2.