· 1987 · 2h 45m Nixon in China ✓ Seen + Watchlist ↗ Share No poster Director Cast Sanford Sylvan as Chou En-lai James Maddalena as Richard Nixon Thomas Hammons as Henry Kissinger Carolann Page as Pat Nixon John DeMain as self Synopsis John Adams’s opera as presented on 22th Oct 1987 in the Houston Grand Opera on the world premiere Key Collaborators Follow the Thread Agent-readable