Nixon in China (1987), by John Adams, with libretto by Alice Goodman details President Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. The mixture of art, emotion, and politics makes Vince place this opera amongst his favourites. In this episode we discuss the cancel culture of today’s social media society, the portrayal of the political on stage, and the ways in which words and music were used in the 20th century to create dynamic modern theatre. 

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