Richard Nixon – Franco Pomponi, Pat Nixon – June Anderson, Henry Kissinger – Peter Sidhom, Mao Zedong – Alfred Kim, Madame Mao (Jiang Qing) – Sumi Jo. Conductor: Alexander Briger (2CDs).
Richard Nixon – James Maddalena, Pat Nixon – Janis Kelly, Henry Kissinger – Richard Paul Fink, Chou En-lai – Russell Braun, Mao Tse-tung – Robert Brubaker. Conductor, John Adams (2CDs).
James Maddalena, Richard Nixon – Janis Kelly, Pat Nixon – Robert Brubaker, Mao Tse-tung – Judith Howarth, Chiang Ch’ing – David Kempster, Prime Minister Chou En-lai – Stephen Owen, Henry Kissinger. Paul Daniel, conductor (2CDs).
Doctor Atomic by Adams, Lyric Opera of Chicago 2008 – Gerald Finley as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jessica Rivera as Kitty Oppenheimer, Richard Paul Fink as Edward Teller, Eric Owens as General Leslie Groves, Thomas Glenn as Robert Wilson, James Maddalena as Jack Hubbard. Lyric Opera of Chicago. Conducted by Robert Spano (3CD).
A Flowering Tree by Adams, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, May 24, 2008 – Kumuhda – Jessica Rivera, The Young Prince – Russell Thomas, Narrator – Eric Owens. Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor – John Adams (2CD).