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Best 1 Nixon in China

John Adams composed this 1987 minimalist opera, chronicling Richard Nixon's historic 1972 presidential visit to China in vivid detail.

2 Doctor Atomic

John Adams's 2005 opera focuses on the intense moral panic and scientific events leading up to the first atomic bomb test in 1945.

3 The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams's 1991 controversial opera dramatizes the real-life 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro by terrorists.

4 Fearful Symmetries (Peter Martins)

Fearful Symmetries, choreographed by Peter Martins, is a complex and unsettling work exploring themes of psychological tension and fractured relationships through stark, angular movement and a deliberately dissonant musical score.

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