It's been three decades since the Houston Grand Opera presented John Adams' "Nixon in China," the company's beloved world premiere that changed not only how modern political operas were viewed but ...

When American composer John Adams was getting ready to write his opera Nixon in China, he warmed up his imagination with the image of Chairman Mao... John Adams: Nixon, Minimalism And Mao John Adams: ...

However, that's John Adams, the minimalist modern composer, not the 2nd President of our nation. And Nixon and Mao are characters in Adams' modern opera classic, "Nixon in China," which is featured as ...