1987 in Music - Opera

Opera

  • John Adams – Nixon in China
  • Friedrich Cerha – Der Rattenfänger (The Pied Piper)
  • Michael Nyman – Vital Statistics
  • Judith Weir – A Night at the Chinese Opera

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