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Nixon in China (Houston 1987)

Libretto: Alice Goodman
Edo de Waart, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sanford Sylvan (Voice), James Maddalena (Voice), Thomas Hammons (Voice), Mari Opatz (Voice), Stephanie Friedman (Voice), Marion Dry (Voice), John Duykers (Voice), Carolann Page (Voice), Trudi Ellen Craney (Voice)
1987, New York, RCA Studio A

  • Act I, Scene I

    • 1.(Beginning)
      02:53
    • 2. "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky'
      02:48
    • 3. "The People Are the Heroes Now"
      02:49
    • 4. Landing of the Spirit of '76
      02:22
    • 5. "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
      01:19
    • 6. "News has a kind of mystery:"
      07:03

  • Act I, Scene II

    • 1. (Beginning)
      04:05
    • 2. "You Know We'll Meet with Your Confrere, the Democratic Candidate, If He Should Win."
      02:23
    • 3. "You've Said That There's a Certain Well-known Tree"
      02:44
    • 4. "Founders Came First, then Profiteers."
      06:53
    • 5. "We No Longer Need Confucius."
      03:03
    • 6. "Like the Ming Tombs."
      05:18

  • Act I, Scene III

    • 1. (Beginning)
      06:14
    • 2. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends,"
      06:36
    • 3. "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,"
      02:37
    • 4. Cheers
      03:46

  • Act II, Scene I

    • 1. (Beginning)
      03:34
    • 2. "Look Down at the Earth,"
      05:26
    • 3. "This Is Prophetic!"
      08:32
    • 4. "At Least the Weather's Warming up."
      03:03

  • Act II, Scene II

    • 1. (Beginning)
      02:54
    • 2. "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
      04:48
    • 3. "Whip Her to Death!"
      02:30
    • 4. Tropical Storm
      04:44
    • 5. "Flesh Rebels"
      03:08
    • 6. "I Have My Brief"
      01:05
    • 7. "It Seems so Strange"
      02:52
    • 8. "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
      06:30

  • Act III

    • 1. (Beginning)
      01:11
    • 2. "Some Men You Cannot Satisfy."
      03:17
    • 3. "I Am No One."
      04:01
    • 4. The Maos Dance
      02:01
    • 5. "Sitting around the Radio"
      01:16
    • 6. "Let Us Examine What You Did."
      02:43
    • 7. "When I Woke up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a
      01:21
    • 8. "I Have No Offspring."
      01:55
    • 9. "I Can keep Still,"
      02:11
    • 10. "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
      02:28
    • 11. "Peking Watches the Stars,"
      02:43
    • 12. "You Won at Poker."
      03:14
    • 13. "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
      04:24

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