Showcase Presents The Met Opera Season: Nixon In China

It is a cold, clear, dry morning on an airfield outside Peking, China in February 1972. Contingents of army, navy, and air force circle the field and sing "The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points of Attention."

Premier Chou En-lai, accompanied by a small group of officials, strolls onto the runway just as The Spirit of '76 taxis into view. President Nixon disembarks. They shake hands and the President sings of his excitement and his fears...