Doctor Atomic (2005). John Adams /more visceral nature/

 

operaramblings:

This piece is every bit as good as Nixon in China and probably surpasses it in emotional impact due to the more visceral nature of the material.

Nixon in China is more musically appealing but may in fact have less emotional impact. Hmm...

• Nixon Agonistes photo credit: (flickr/briannaorg)
• Nixon in China at the Hult Center (suemtravels.wordpress.com)
• Alice Goodman: The furore that finished me (guardian.co.uk)
• Lessons of the 40 years since Nixon went to China (globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com)
• Editorial | In praise of ... The Death of Klinghoffer (guardian.co.uk)

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