Fleming and Hampson Sing “Nixon in China” at Tanglewood
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About The Episode
In a concert led by Music Director Andris Nelsons, soprano Renée Fleming and baritone Thomas Hampson, two of the greatest American voices of their generation, inhabit characters from John Adams’s groundbreaking 1987 opera Nixon in China. The program also includes Meditations on Grace by BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon and Samuel Barber’s rapturously melodic and technically frenetic Violin Concerto, with soloist Keila Wakao in her Tanglewood debut.
Friday, August 21, 2026
8:00 PM
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Keila Wakao, violin
Renée Fleming, soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Carlos SIMON Meditations on Grace
Samuel BARBER Violin Concerto
John ADAMS Excerpts from Nixon in China
This concert was recorded on July 17th, 2026 at Tanglewood.