The Magic Flute at from Florida Grand Opera's production has been a great success! Just check out these reviews. I am so honored to be with such a successful cast and crew.
"Most of the applause at the curtain went to soprano Lisette Oropesa, making her FGO debut as the dewy Pamina, recognizing her passionate declamations of love and heartbreak." SouthFlorida.com
"Even more impressive, and affecting, is soprano Lisette Oropesa as the harried young heroine, Pamina. Made up like a bouffant haired 60’s ingénue in the manner of Sandra Dee, Oropesa draws on the humor of the caricature while making her emotionally real. Her second act “Now my heart is filled with sadness” aria is a wonder of delicacy and feeling." Miami Sun Post
"Her voice had the lushness in the lower and mid-ranges, but floated lightly and nimbly through the upper range." Operagasm
"Oropesa was beyond fantastic in her portrayal of Pamina. She has a lovely, large and clear soprano voice. ... Her rendering of the aria "Ach, ich fühls" was poignant and heart-renderingly beautiful. Everything she sang during the performance was note perfect and beautiful." Edge Miami
"The soprano Lisette Oropesa made a fresh-faced and innocent Pamina. Her aria Ach, ich fühl’s, sung as she believes Tamino no longer loves her, was genuinely moving, with quietly intense high notes and assured, unforced articulation of quick passages." South Florida Classical Review
"Pamina was sung by the Louisiana-born Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa, and she sang beautifully. Oropesa has a lovely, powerful voice, with a big top and strength throughout her whole register, and an ability to add believable pathos and sadness to her singing, particularly in her very fine Ach, ich fühls, which is when she most needs it. It is also a voice with warmth and richness, and that made Oropesa’s Pamina a sympathetic figure, rather than a dreary, lovelorn sop. Her acting was believable and sincere, and she looked delectable in her blue cocktail dress, platinum-blond wig and pink shoes. But most of all, you wanted to hear her sing some more." Palm Beach Arts Paper
Lastly, here's a wonderful video from the production! Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen - Papageno & Pamina Duet
"Martern aller Arten" from Die Enthführung aus dem Serail, K.384 Lisette Oropesa, soprano Arizona Opera
Music: Tchaikovsky Choreography: G. Balanchine
Serenade Ballet Arizona, Cast TBD
Giuseppe Verdi
"Coro di zingari (Anvil Chorus)" from Il Trovatore Arizona Opera Chorus Henri Venanzi, chorusmaster
Sergei Prokofiev
"Masks" and "Dance of the Knights" from Romeo and Juliet, op.64 Ballet Arizona, Cast TBD
Giacomo Puccini
"Nessun Dorma" from Turandot Dongwon Shin, tenor Arizona Opera
Gustav Holst
"Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets The Phoenix Symphony
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Finale from Symphony No.9 in D minor, op.125, Choral Indra Thomas, soprano TBD, mezzo-soprano Dongon Shin, tenor Peter Volpe, bass Ballet Arizona Arizona Opera and Chorus Henri Venanzi, chorusmaster The Phoenix Symphony and Chorus Thomas Bookhout, chorusmaster
Hello everyone! With the opening of The Magic Flute at Florida Grand Opera in Miami less than a month away, I think it's time to refresh everyone on the showtimes!
CAST
Tamino - Andrew Bidlack
Pamina - Lisette Oropesa
Papageno - Jonathan G. Michie
Queen of the Night - Jeanette Vecchione
Sarastro - Jordan Bisch
Lady #1 - Lacy Sauter
Lady #2 - Cynthia Cook
Lady #3 - Carla Jablonski
Monostatos - Matthew Maness
Papagena - Hye-Jung Lee
Priest #1 - Matthew Newlin
The Speaker - Adam Lau
Armored Man #1 - Matthew Newlin
Conductor - Andrew Bisantz
Director - Jeffrey Marc Buchman
Set & Costume Designer - Thierry Bosquet
Lighting Designer - Donald Thomas
