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Tickets on sale now for an historic partnership!
The partnership This year is the 40th year of the signing of the Shanghai Communiqué (the first piece in the normalization of US-China relations). Eugene Opera, together with the University of Oregon, is using the occasion to highlight the anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué and reflect on the history of US relations with China, at a time when this relationship is arguably the most crucial for US foreign policy and global politics. Event-sponsors Eugene Opera Season sponsors Silva Foundation - Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation. Nixon in China opera sponsors Nils and Jewel Hult Endowment - Arts Foundation of Western Oregon Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation.
The production of Nixon in China received funding from OPERA America's "Opera Fund."
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Nixon in China/Eugene is a unique collaboration between an opera company and a major university that highlights the historical and aesthetic understanding of a modern new classic of the U.S. opera, John Adams’ Nixon in China. The opera was inspired by Nixon’s extraordinary 1972 visit to China that ended two decades of non-communication between the United States and China and led to the normalization of relations. It has been presented on many occasions since its premiere, both in Europe as well as in North America, and has been recorded twice. It is recognized as a significant and lasting contribution to American opera and opera in general.
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