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| Composers | Genres | Operas | Libretti | Arias | About | 
			
				| Composer | 
	|    |   | John Adams 1947 -
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| Bio | 
| Born: 15/02/1947, Wordester  | 
| Like Glass, Adams started as a minimalist. His operas dealing with contemporary subjects, Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, have gained critical acclaim as well as provoking political controversy. | 
   | Article in Wikipedia   | 
| Selection of key operas | 
   |    Nixon in China - 1987  Nixon in China  - 1987The Death of Klinghoffer - 1991  The Death of Klinghoffer  - 1991I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky  - 1994I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky - 1995  El Niño - 2000  Doctor Atomic  - 2005A Flowering Tree  - 2006The Gospel According to the Other Mary - 2012   | 
| Complete list of operas with details | 
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