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Mark Swed doesn't have much good to say about the most recent production and recording of Nixon in China, at least compared to the original by director Peter Sellars:
...watching a cutesy, ham-fisted attempt at literalism from a fanciful opera proved hardly revelatory when I saw this production five years ago in St. Louis.
Fortunately, Carpenter’s self-serving rewriting of history isn’t likely to have much effect. Sellars' production is, after 22 years, still with us. Crowds flocked to it, and critics celebrated it, when staged in London a couple of seasons ago. And long last, the Met will mount Sellars' production next season, with Adams on the podium.
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