Nixon In China – Hungarian State Opera 2024 Directed by András Almási-Tóth
In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑American relations. Nixon in China addresses the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, which began by an invitation of the American table tennis players to their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit.
Cast
Kàroly Szemerèdy
Richard Nixon
Klára Kolonits
Pat Nixon
Zoltán Nyári
Mao Zedong
Rita Rácz
Jiang Qing
Azat Malik
Zhou Enlai
István Kovács
Henry Kissinger
Diána Ivett Kiss
Nancy Tang
Anna Csenge Fürjes
Second secretary to Mao
Lusine Sahakyan
Third secretary to Mao
