The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for its production of “Nixon in China.”

The company said that Laura Claycomb will sing the role of Pat Nixon replacing the originally announced Renée Fleming.

Claycomb has performed at the Paris Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Théâtre de la Monnaie, the London Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Le Concert d’Astrée, and the Cleveland Orchestra.

The soprano is set to join a cast that includes Thomas Hampson, Alfred Kim, Kathleen Kim, Seth Carico, Xiaomeng Zhang, Aebh Kelly, Ning Liang, and Lora Grigorieva. Kent Nagano conducts the production by Valentina Carasco.

“Nixon in China” opens on June 26, 2027.

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