Act II, Scene 1 takes place on the morning of February 22, and ends with the protagonist's wife singing under the Gate of Longevity and Good Will after spending the day being presented with a glass elephant and visiting a pig farm.
Act II, Scene 1 takes place on the morning of February 22, and ends with the protagonist's wife singing under the Gate of Longevity and Good Will after spending the day being presented with a glass elephant and visiting a pig farm. The next scene shows the main characters interrupt a performance of The Red Detachment of Women, which was organized by Chiang Ch'ing, the wife of Mao. With a libretto by Alice Goodman and stage direction by Peter Sellars, this is, FTP, what John Adams opera about a president's 1973 visit to the Orient?
Act II, Scene 1 takes place on the morning of February 22, and ends with the protagonist's wife singing under the Gate of Longevity and Good Will after spending the day being presented with a glass elephant and visiting a pig farm.
{Nixon in China}