 | James Maddalena als Richard Nixon |
 | Robert Brubaker als Mao Tse-tung |
 | Janis Kelly als Pat Nixon |
 | Kathleen Kim als Chiang Ch’ing |
 | Richard Paul Fink als Henry Kissinger |
 | Russell Braun als Chou En-Lai |
 | Ginger Costa-Jackson als First Secretary to Mao |
 | Teresa S. Herold als Second Secretary to Mao |
 | Tamara Mumford als Third Secretary to Mao |
| Haruno Yamazaki als Solo Dancer |
| Kanji Segawa als Solo Dancer |
| MET Orchestra |
| Peter Sellars | Director |
| Alice Goodman | Writer |
| John Adams | Conductor |
| Mia Bongiovanni | Supervising Producer |
| Elena Park | Supervising Producer |
| Jay David Saks | Music Producer |
| Peter Gelb | Executive Producer |
| Louisa Briccetti | Producer |
| Victoria Warivonchik | Producer |
| Adrianne Lobel | Set Designer |
| Dunya Ramicova | Costume Designer |
| James F. Ingalls | Lighting Design |
| Mark Morris | Choreographer |
| Mark Grey | Sound Designer |
| John Adams | Original Music Composer |
