Alice Goodman
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Alice Goodman, Lady Hill is an American poet and librettist. She is also an Anglican priest, working in England.
Alice Goodman, History is Our Mother
Poster for a production of Nixon in China at Oper Dortmund, 2023
John Adams (composer)
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John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center a
Alice Goodman
…received her Master of Divinity (MDiv) degree from the Boston University School of Theology in 1997. She wrote the libretti for the first two operas of John Adams, Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer. Goodman continued writing with Adams on his next opera, Doctor Atomic, but withdrew from this project…
Adams, sometime before 2008
Adams's 1965 yearbook photo at Concord High School
Adams's first opera, Nixon in China, is about President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China.
Adams has collaborated with theater director Peter Sellars on all of his operas.