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Maria Nockin

Maria Nockin worked at the Metropolitan Opera in New York while attending  Fordham University across the street from Lincoln Center. At the same time, she studied voice, piano, and violin privately. For many years she taught English as a Second Language as well as courses in Art and Theater at New York City and Hauppauge Long Island schools. She has also served as soprano soloist at Long Island's Cathedral of St. Agnes. She spent summers working at the Salzburg Festival where some iof her reviews were translated and read on Austrian Radio. Upon retirement from teaching, she moved to the warmer climate of the Southwest United States where, in winter, she writes about opera and classical music in the major cities of Arizona and California. In summer she covers operas and concerts in Santa Fe New Mexico. In summer 2014, Maria taught Music Theory at the Institute for Large Dramatic Voices. One of her students was Jonah Hoskins, a 2020 winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Auditions. 






BWW Review: PAREA SERIES: THE TELEPHONE at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: PAREA SERIES: THE TELEPHONE at Home Computer Screens
October 3, 2020

On October 3, I watched an updated version of Gian Carlo Menottia??s 1947 short opera, The Telephone. The dial telephone tethered to one room of the home that some of us oldsters grew up with has become a portable smart phone and each person has one. The Parea Virtual Recital Series which explains the opera to English speakers around the world offers a fine performance of The Telephone.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT. OCT.3-10 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT. OCT.3-10 at Home Computer Screens
October 2, 2020

Los Angeles Opera has a new a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? with mezzo-sopranno Taylor Raven sings with three different pianists, Jeremy Frank, Nino Sanikidze, and Brendon Shapiro. She sings two songs from Hector Berlioza??s Les Nuits da??Étè, four songs from Xavier Montsalvatgea??s Cinco Canciones Negras, and other delightful pieces.

BWW Review: LUCAS AND IRINA MEACHEM RECITAL
BWW Review: LUCAS AND IRINA MEACHEM RECITAL
September 28, 2020

Baritone Lucas Meachem and his wife, pianist Irina Meachem, sang an aria-filled recital on to open the Merola Opera Program Recital Series September 27, 2020. The Meachems opened the recital with the aria a?oeBella siccome un angeloa?? (a?oeBeautiful as an Angela??) from Donizettia??s Don Pasquale. Lucas acted with his voice to show not only its power and huge sound but also his ability to control it and sing with a mere thread of sound when describing the sweetness of the young lady.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR September 26-October 3 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR September 26-October 3 at Home Computer Screens
September 25, 2020

On the Los Angeles Opera website this week, soprano Sarah Vautour, together with pianists Steven Blier and Jeremy Frank, offer a recital of cabaret classics for her a?oeLiving Room Recital.a?? San Francisco opera notes that one of their Merola Opera Programa??s illustrious alumni, baritone Lucas Meachem (2003), opens Merolaa??s Virtual Recital Series on Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. PDT, with a?oeI Left My Aria in San Francisco.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 19-26 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 19-26 at Home Computer Screens
September 19, 2020

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??For the newest of LA Operaa??s a?oeLiving Room Recitals,a?? soprano Alaysha Fox, a grand finalist in the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, partners with pianist, vocal coach, and conductor Brendon Shapiro. They offer a performance of classic songs by composers including Jake Heggie, Harry T. Burleigh, and Stephen Sondheim.

BWW Review: ELEKTRA, LIVE FROM VIENNA STAATSOPER at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: ELEKTRA, LIVE FROM VIENNA STAATSOPER at Home Computer Screens
September 12, 2020

A tireless Elektra, Ricarda Merbeth paces herself well for this marathon role. She sang with polished solid mid-range tones and an easy top that could be heard through the waves of colorful Straussian sound emitted by Franz Welser-Mösta??s full orchestra. Her curse of Chrysothemis was not the most blood-curdling  expletive Ia??ve yet heard, but more importantly, she is a once-loving daughter who has experienced the trauma of murder. 

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 12-19 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 12-19 at Home Computer Screens
September 12, 2020

Los Angeles Operaa??s program of music from Golden Age Musicals features pianist/curator Brendon Shapiro, and the company's 2019/20 young artists, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Sarah Vautour, Robert Stahley, Taylor Raven, Alaysha Fox, Sylvia Da??Eramo, Tiffany Townsend, Gabriela Flores, Michael J. Hawk, and Erica Petrocelli singing music by Bernstein, Cahn, Lerner, Kern, Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Wright/Borodin, Herman, Romberg, and Loesser.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 5-12 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR SEPT 5-12 at Home Computer Screens
September 4, 2020

On Tuesday, Sept. 10, tenor Anthony Ciaramitaro joins forces with pianists Miah Im and Louis Lohraseb in a program of Italian songs and American music. Back now for a return engagement is Latonia Moorea??s tremendously popular recital featuring a?oeTatianaa??s Letter Scenea?? from Tchaikovskya??s Eugene Onegin. 

BWW Review: UNSHAKEABLE at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: UNSHAKEABLE at Home Computer Screens
August 29, 2020

On Friday evening August 28, Santa Fe Opera screened a filmed performance of Joseph Illick and  Andrea Fellows Waltersa?? one-act opera UnShakeable, composed for the a?oeShakespeare 400a?? celebration in 2016. Meridian had lost her memory due to a pandemic of a?oeerasure,a?? but Wyatt still retained some memories of the past and his love for Meridian.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUG 29-SEPT 5 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUG 29-SEPT 5 at Home Computer Screens
August 29, 2020

This week on the Los Angeles Opera website soprano Ana María Martínez performs the famous 'Song to the Moon' from Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka, along with a selection of captivating Spanish songs. They include a?oeLa Peteneraa?? by Federico Moreno-Torroba, the a?oePoema en Forma de Cancionesa?? by Joaquín Turina, and a?oeMuñequita Lindaa?? by María Grever.

BWW Review: MUSIC FROM THE MOUNTAINS: STUCKER/RUNNICLES at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: MUSIC FROM THE MOUNTAINS: STUCKER/RUNNICLES at Home Computer Screens
August 27, 2020

On August 25, 2020, The Grand Teton Music Festivala??s online edition, a?oeMusic from the Mountainsa?? presented a recital performed by Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano, and Festival Music Director Donald Runnicles, piano. Stucker, currently a Jette Parker Young Artist at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has already been hailed as a versatile new singing actress on Boston and Berlin stages.

BWW Review: COKORINOS RECITAL ON LA OPERA WEBSITE at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: COKORINOS RECITAL ON LA OPERA WEBSITE at Home Computer Screens
August 22, 2020

Known in opera houses across the globe for his excellent comedic timing and first-rate singing, bass-baritone Philip Cokorinos won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1985 and went on to make his debut during that company's 1987-1988 season. In a new a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? on the Los Angeles Opera website, Cokorinos and pianist David Holkeboer perform songs by Schubert, Brahms, Tosti, and Cole Porter, as well as a Rossini aria. The recital is currently available on both the LA Opera homepage and on its Facebook page.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUGUST 22-29
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUGUST 22-29
August 21, 2020

In a new a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? on LA Operaa??s website, bass-baritone Philip Cokorinos and pianist David Holkeboer perform songs by Schubert, Brahms and Cole Porter. Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Flores, accompanied by Head Coach of LA Operaa??s Young Artist Program Nino Sanikidze, gives a recital of songs from Spain, Cuba, Argentina, and Mexico.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUGUST 15-22 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA VIRTUAL TOUR AUGUST 15-22 at Home Computer Screens
August 15, 2020

Here are some of the online events for the week of August 15 - 22 under LA Operaa??s banner, LAO At Home. On Tuesday, August 18, at 4 PM PDT, the a?oeGrown-Up Edition of Learn at Homea?? lets music lovers join Jeremy Frank at the piano for a?oeOpera Happy Hoursa?? which feature murder mysteries, verismo stories and dance.

BWW Review: RUSSELL THOMAS LIVING ROOM RECITAL
BWW Review: RUSSELL THOMAS LIVING ROOM RECITAL
August 13, 2020

On Monday, August 10, 2020, I listened to tenor Russell Thomas and collaborative pianist Kyung-mi Kima??s a?oeLiving Room Recitala?? for Los Angeles Opera. He opened with Franz Schuberta??s a??An die Musik' ('To Musica??) Thomas and Kim gloried in the songa??s sweeping melody as the pianoa??s strong bass underscored the vocal line

BWW Review: LA OPERA LIVING ROOM RECITAL BY Latonia Moore
BWW Review: LA OPERA LIVING ROOM RECITAL BY Latonia Moore
August 9, 2020

LA Operaa??s 'Living Room Recital' by soprano Latonia Moore and pianist Roberto Berrocal is available for streaming on the operaa??s website. Wearing a long green gown with a draped skirt and sparkling jewels at her décolletage, Moore opened her program with Tatianaa??s Letter Scene from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskya??s opera, Eugene Onegin.

BWW Feature: Opera To Watch Online This Week August 8th to 15th
BWW Feature: Opera To Watch Online This Week August 8th to 15th
August 8, 2020

For her delightful Los Angeles Opera Living Room Recital, soprano Latonia Moore is accompanied by pianist Roberto Berrocal. First, she sings: Tatiana's dramatic 'Letter Scene' from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. The young and naive girl, Tatiana, writes an expressive love letter to the sophisticated Onegin, who is shocked and rebuffs her.

BWW Review: SONGS FROM THE SANTA FE OPERA at Home Computer Screens
BWW Review: SONGS FROM THE SANTA FE OPERA at Home Computer Screens
August 2, 2020

The story of David Henry Hwanga??s play  M. Butterfly, while entwined with that of Puccinia??s opera Madama Butterfly, is basically about the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking Opera singer. The singer, thought by all who knew her to be female, was actually male. Premiering on Broadway in 1988, the play won that yeara??s Tony Award for Best Play.

BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA/SONG AUGUST 1 - 8 at Home Computer Screens
BWW Feature: ONLINE OPERA/SONG AUGUST 1 - 8 at Home Computer Screens
July 31, 2020

Los Angeles Opera has amassed numerous online recitals by some of the worlda??s finest opera singers and made them available for streaming on the companya??s website. For this week, I suggest the varied program of songs by soprano Guanqun Yu and pianist Oliver Imig.

BWW Review: A CELEBRATION OF DVORAK'S RUSALKA at Santa Fe Opera Online
BWW Review: A CELEBRATION OF DVORAK'S RUSALKA at Santa Fe Opera Online
July 26, 2020

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, at six oa??clock sharp, it was time to hook the computer up to the television set and watch Santa Fe Operaa??s celebration of Antonín Dvořáka??s extraordinary opera Rusalka. In the background, the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra of Košice, conducted by Robert Stankovsky, played a scintillating rendition of the operaa??s overture as we viewed the opera ranch.



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