Premiere of Nixon in China

Date: October 22, 1987 • Location: Beijing, China

John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, and piano music.