In Act Two, the lead coloratura soprano exclaims "We'll teach these motherfuckers how to dance!"  A highlight of this opera comes when that character identifies herself in a previous aria.  With a libretto by Alice Goodman, its opening act includes comments about time spent in Hawaii which may have been taken directly from a news transcript.  The title character introduces himself by exclaiming th
In Act Two, the lead coloratura soprano exclaims "We'll teach these motherfuckers how to dance!"  A highlight of this opera comes when that character identifies herself in a previous aria.  With a libretto by Alice Goodman, its opening act includes comments about time spent in Hawaii which may have been taken directly from a news transcript.  The title character introduces himself by exclaiming that "News has a kind of mystery."  Featuring "The People Are The Heroes Now," "The Three Main Rules of Discipline and Eight Points of Attention" and the "Landing of the Spirit of '76," FTP, name this opera whose characters include Henry Kissinger, Mao Zedong, and the title president, a work by John Adams.
In Act Two, the lead coloratura soprano exclaims "We'll teach these motherfuckers how to dance!"  
Nixon in China