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Today in History: John Adams' “Nixon in China” premieres
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- John Adams’s opera *Nixon in China* debuted at Houston Grand Opera on October 22, 1987. Libretto by Alice Goodman, the three-act work dramatizes President Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China. Directed by Peter Sellars with choreography by Mark Morris, the premiere marked a landmark in contemporary American opera.