Now you can listen to samples from Nixon in China at Vancouver Opera's multimedia site OperaLive or here on the Nixon In China Opera Blog.

Over on OperaLive, courtesy of Warner Music Canada, you can hear:

* "The people are the heroes now"
* "News has a kind of mystery"
* Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends"
* "Cheers"

And here on the blog (if you scroll down on the right sidebar) you can hear via our sidebar Blip.fm feature the following:

* Act 3 (The Chairman Dance)
* Act 2 Scene 2 "I am the wife of Mao Zedong"
* Act 1 Scene 3
* "The people are the heroes now"
* "The Chairman Dances"
* Act 1 Scene 1 "News has a kind of mystery"

This should provide a good cross-section of the music from John Adams' Nixon in China for you to sample and comment on if you like in the comments section below.

- image: "The Chairman of the Party" by Telstar Logistics.