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 
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}