Opera Night

Barry Ryan and Claudia Boyle in Nixon in China Image Name: Barry Ryan and Claudia Boyle in Nixon in China

Broadcast Details: Saturday 18th October, 7.00pm

Bernard Clarke presents the first Irish performance of one of the greatest operas of our generation – John Adams’ Nixon in China.  This recent Wide Open Opera production was recorded at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin in May 2014 Barry Ryan, Richard Nixon Claudia Boyle, Pat Nixon John Molloy, Henry Kissinger Hubert Francis, […]

Bernard Clarke presents the first Irish performance of one of the greatest operas of our generation – John Adams’ Nixon in China.  This recent Wide Open Opera production was recorded at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin in May 2014

Barry Ryan, Richard Nixon

Claudia Boyle, Pat Nixon

John Molloy, Henry Kissinger

Hubert Francis, Mao Tse-tung

Audrey Luna, Chiang Ch’ing (Madame Mao)

James Cleverton, Chou En-lai

Sharon Carty, First Secretary

Imelda Drumm, Second Secretary

Doreen Curran, Third Secretary

 

Chorus of Wide Open Opera

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Fergus Sheil, Conductor

RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 18th October, 7pm-10pm