Janis Kelly

James Maddalena, who plays Richard Nixon, and Janis Kelly, who plays Pat Nixon, discuss the John Adams’ Grammy–winning opera “Nixon in China,” playing now at the Metropolitan Opera. Adams described the opera, about President Nixon’s 1972 visit to Mao Tse-tung in China, as “part epic, part satire, part parody of political posturing, and part serious examination of historical, philosophical, and even gender issues.”

Janis Kelly stopped by The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about her role as Janet Nixon in the opera "Nixon in China," as well as some of her favorite picks!