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San Francisco Opera opens new season with Giordano's Andrea Chénier

By Maria Nockin, 13 September 2016
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 9 September 2016
Programme
Giordano, Andrea Chénier
Performers
San Francisco Opera
Nicola Luisotti, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Robert Jones, Set Designer
Jenny Tiramani, Costume Designer
Anna Pirozzi, Maddalena de Coigny
J'Nai Bridges, Bersi
Catherine Cook, La comtesse de Coigny
Jill Grove, Madelon
Yonghoon Lee, Andrea Chénier
Joel Sorensen, L'Incredible
George Gagnidze, Carlo Gérard
Robert Pomakov, Mathieu
David Pershall, Roucher
Edward Nelson, Pietro Fléville
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
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Maria Nockin
Maria Nockin
Originally from New York City, Maria Nockin began attending opera and concerts as a child when her parents could not find a babysitter. She has studied violin, piano and guitar as well as voice, and she has a master’s degree in education from Fordham University. Having spent many years teaching high school in winter and working at the Salzburg Festival in summer, she now lives in the Southwest where she covers classical music for Opera Today, Bachtrack, Fanfare, and Classical Singer as well as publications in Spanish, Dutch, and Italian.