Opera on 3 John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer A performance from the Coliseum in London of John Adams's opera The Death of Klinghoffer.

Set to music by John Adams from a libretto compiled by him and Peter Sellars, it is having its Metropolitan Opera premiere nearly a quarter-century after it was first performed in Paris in 2000.

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

Like many of John Adams operas Doctor Atomic is based on recent world historical eventshere the effusive Robert Oppenheimer father of the atomic bomb anxiously awaits the bombs first test in Los ...

David Robertson, conducting the world premiere of John Adams’ piano concerto ... Adams about organizing a concert, Adams told him he was working on an opera about Richard Nixon.

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...