6.5K views · 306 reactions | [SOON]  Attend an historic event at the Opéra national de Paris: the company's first performance of John Adams's contemporary opera masterpiece, Nixon in China, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and starring Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson as the Nixons! Take a look at the one and only Renée Fleming, as Pat Nixon.  https://cutt.ly/d7JTYWR | medici.tv | Facebook

In February 1972, then U.S. President Richard Nixon made a formal visit to China, with a China-U.S. joint communique released in Shanghai on the last day of his visit. The visit opened the doors to Sino-U.S. relations that had been closed for many years. Join us to find out the stories behind this groundbreaking visit. #culture #diplomacy | China.org.cn