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The Met: Live in HD to air Adams' 'Nixon in China' at Potsdam Roxy Feb. 12, 20

Posted 2/10/11

POTSDAM -- The Met: Live in HD production of John Adams' 1987 opera "Nixon in China" will screen live at Potsdam's Roxy Theater at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, with an encore at 1 p.m. on Sunday, …

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The Met: Live in HD to air Adams' 'Nixon in China' at Potsdam Roxy Feb. 12, 20

Posted

POTSDAM -- The Met: Live in HD production of John Adams' 1987 opera "Nixon in China" will screen live at Potsdam's Roxy Theater at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, with an encore at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20.

The running time is approximately four hours, with two intermissions. It is performed in English.

The opera follows Richard and Pat Nixon's famous 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China, with their speeches at banquets and tour of the city of Peking, as well as their meeting with Mao Tse-tung. It also includes a Communist revolutionary ballet.

Ticket prices for the series are: $18 for an adult, $15 for senior citizens, $12 for students and $9 for youth age 18 and under.

Tickets are available by calling the Community Performance Series Box Office at 267-2277, or visiting the Roxy Theater or Northern Music & Video in downtown Potsdam or the CPS Box Office in the lobby of Snell Music Theater. You can also reserve tickets online by visiting www.cpspotsdam.org.