Boston Symphony Orchestra

Andris Nelsons, conductor

Renée Fleming, soprano

Thomas Hampson, baritone

ADAMS Three Scenes from Nixon in China

intermission

DVORAK Symphony No. 9, From the New World

John Adams’ Nixon in China redefined opera by taking as its subject matter recent world events. Opera luminaries Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming bring excerpts from this groundbreaking work to the Symphony Hall stage. Nixon in China established Adams as the most significant opera composer of the past 50 years. Composed while the Czech Antonín Dvořák was living in the U.S., the New World Symphonybursts with sweeping melodies, blending Bohemian soul with the spirit of America and incorporating the sounds and songs of both worlds into the iconic and oft-quoted work we know today.