Definitive Pelléas and Mélisande at the LA Phil

By Maria Nockin, 21 February 2016

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Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 19 February 2016

Debussy, Pelléas et Mélisande

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

David Edwards, Director

Stéphane Degout, Pelléas

Camilla Tilling, Mélisande

Laurent Naouri, Golaud

Sir Willard White, Arkel

Dame Felicity Palmer, Geneviève

Chloé Briot, Yniold

Hadleigh Adams, Shepherd

Nicholas Brownlee, A Doctor

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Kate Burton, Narrator

Colin Grenfell, Lighting Designer

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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.