Career

2025

  • Alcina

    Alcina, Furieuse magicienne à Versailles

    L'américano-cubaine Lisette Oropesa, est magnétique dans le rôle principal d'Alcina, sœur de Morgana. La grande voix de la soprano léger, parée d'une robe bleu azur scintillante, donne toute sa complexité au rôle de la magicienne maudite. Toutes ses interventions sont riches d'un jeu d'actrice subtil et mesuré, engagé jusque dans sa posture. Sa voix puissante au reconnaissable vibrato rapide reçoit des acclamations. Elle convainc en amoureuse souriante, tout comme en magicienne, reine, femme, dévastée et plaintive, sa technicité lui permettant de mettre un effet « éraillé » sur sa voix. Des intervalles vertigineux au souffle dramatique, les frissons gagnent la salle à maintes reprises : la voix, solidement ancrée dans la poitrine, s'élève sans effort apparent et c'est ainsi qu'elle enchaîne les vocalises avec une virtuosité ensorcelante.
    —  Olga Szymczyk  •  Olyrix
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    NBS - Concert


    Apr, 2025
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    Elvira

    Lisette Oropesa, grande Elvira dans la reprise des « Puritains » à l’Opéra de Paris

    Son retour à l’acte II avec le « O rendetemi la speme » confirme son extraordinaire appropriation du rôle et la sensibilité avec laquelle elle livre ces airs magnifiques, s’appuyant sur son médium moelleux, dispensant de somptueux aigus piani filés. Elle assure ensuite crânement le « Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna ! », en lien avec le chef qui joue des rythmes pour faire de l’air toute autre chose qu’un passage purement virtuose.  Ses interventions finales parachèvent enfin le parcours de cette héroïne qu’elle a menée à bon port malgré les écueils, et a finalement transcendé, en alliant virtuosité et sensibilité, et en rendant hommage à la difficile, mais si belle, écriture bellinienne.
    —  Paul Fourier  •  Cult.news
  • Soprano

    Gala anniversaire. 150 ans du Palais Garnier, 24 janvier 2025

    Lisette Oropesa Mathilde souveraine, affichant un sens du phrasé unique, une élocution parfaite, un legato glorieux, bref une maîtrise sans faille du style rossinien.
    —  Camillo Faverzani  •  Premiere Loge Opera
  • Soprano

    Staatsoper Hamburg: Ein kleines Lied sagte mehr als tausend Töne

    „Im wunderschönen Monat Mai“, aus dem „Dichterliebe“-Zyklus. „Als alle Knospen sprangen/da ist in meinem Herz/die Liebe aufgegangen.“ Hier hing es um was, jenseits und vor allem: weit unterhalb der Koloraturen. Womöglich das Schwerste an diesem Abend für diese Sängerin, weil es so einfach zu klingen hat.
    —  Joachim Mischke  •  Hamburger Abendblatt
  • Soprano

    Napoli - Teatro di San Carlo: Lisette Oropesa

    Dopo avere riservato applausi calorosi durante la serata, al termine il pubblico si è scatenato in ovazioni e acclamazioni interminabili, da qui una serie di bis: dalla Danza rossiniana di cui abbiamo detto a un’aria dalla Zarzuela Las Hijas del Zebedeo di Ruperto Chapí, terminando con “I’ te vurria vasa’”, omaggio a Napoli commovente per lo scrupolo esecutivo e l’intensa espressività messa nei versi, tra l’altro con ottima dizione. Bellissima chiusa per una serata da inserire fra le migliori di questa stagione sancarliana.
    —  Bruno Tredicine  •  Opera Click
  • Elvira

    Erl, Tiroler Festspiele – I puritani (con Lisette Oropesa e Mattia Olivieri)

    Sugli scudi, due degli interpreti principali. Lisette Oropesa, che canterà prossimamente il ruolo a Parigi, ha fatto sensazione con un canto che, senza insistere troppo su sopracuti, messe di voce e ornamentazioni aggiunte, mirava soprattutto a restituire un vero personaggio. In una prestazione di simile livello, le va riconosciuta una scena della pazzia del secondo atto memorabile anche per la gestualità, non condizionata per una volta dallo spartito sul leggio. Peccato che non si eseguisse il finale scritto per la Malibran, ma la polacca, i duetti con basso e tenore, e il suo “Ah vieni al tempio” (uno di quei momenti dove la musica di Bellini tocca il cielo e i cuori) verranno ricordati e giustamente.
    —  Jorge Binaghi  •  Conessi all'Opera

2024

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    Teatro Real - Maria Stuarda


    Nov, 2024 - Dec, 2024

    Maria Stuarda

    Lisette Oropesa, a former Queen of Scotland at the Royal Theatre

    La ópera pertenece, como muy bien anuncia el programa del Teatro Real, al llamado belcantismo, oportuno recordatorio que aquí llega en todo su significado, algo más complejo de lo que puede parecer. Para que se manifieste en todo su esplendor el canto tiene que ser efectivamente bello, lo que en esta ocasión se logra plenamente gracias a la excelsa interpretación de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, en una reina de Escocia ante la que sucumbimos no tanto por lo que dice sino por lo que transmite Donizetti a través de su privilegiada voz y de su sutil y penetrante arte interpretativo. Un alma femenina que recuerda, se queja, se rebela con b y se revela con v como un ser humano vivo y próximo. 
    —  Álvaro del Amo  •  El Mundo
  • Soprano

    Lisette Oropesa, virtuosismo vocal

    Nos gustó mucho el melismático bolero de Delibes en el que exhibió todo tipo de escalas, picados y sostenidos gorgoritos y una inmaculada afinación. En la segunda mitad, como belcantista de depurada técnica, la jovial soprano atrajo la atención con el aria de la ópera L´Elisir D´Amore de Donizetti y sobre todo, en la difícil canzonetta «La Primavera» de Mercadante. Sin duda, Lisette Oropesa se movió a sus anchas en las piezas más ligeras, en las que su voz se adentraba con absoluta seguridad en los filados etéreos y en el dominio del registro agudo.
    —  Nino Dentici  •  El Correo
  • Soprano

    Lisette Oropesa, de Genève à Cadix et Cuba

    Un menu conséquent en somme, que la soprano vedette dévore avec un appétit qui semble plus que jamais venir en chantant. L’interprète confère à chaque mot tout son sens, à chaque émotion tout son poids, qu’il s’agisse d’évoquer l’amour, la peine, le rêve ou le regret. De cette Andalousie dont il est d’abord question, l’artiste restitue la chaleur et l’âme, dansante et enivrante, d’une voix aussi large que les jardins de l’Alcazar, avec un timbre aussi chaud et fleuri qu’une rue du vieux Cadix. Il y a aussi ce soleil, éclatant, qui émane d’aigus hardis mais tout en maîtrise, ici triomphaux, là presque susurrés, mais toujours d’une implacable tenue sonore. Le public s’en délecte, applaudissant après chaque mélodie cette artiste n’hésitant pas, à l’occasion, à esquisser quelques pas de danse chaloupés.
    —  Pierre Géraudie  •  Olyrix
  • Soprano

    Castanet diva

    One of the striking features of the program was how quickly and seamlessly Oropesa could turn on a dime from extroverted vocal display to quiet introspection or sensuous languor in the more serious song selections. The timbre would morph from diamantine brilliance to a darker silver tone with a cool luster depending on the music.
    —  Eli Jacobson  •  Parterre
  • Soprano

    Requiem de Mozart recueilli au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

    Enfin, Lisette Oropesa déclame avec un solide legato, une prononciation impeccable et une égalité dans les registres, de longues phrases incarnées et défendues avec une émotion palpable, notamment son entrée et sa partie conclusive où la salle frémit avec elle de l’intensité du moment et de la gravité d’un texte musical aussi impérissable.
    —  Philippe Scagni  •  Olyrix
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    Les Arts - Manon


    Sep, 2024 - Oct, 2024

    Manon Lescaut

    Lisette Oropesa, carne y alma de Manon

    Manon en “los locos años veinte”. Art déco. Las Kardashian. “Una de las pocas óperas en la que el hombre es la víctima y el tenor no es celoso”. Más allá de la palabrería, elucubraciones, interpretaciones y reinterpretaciones escénicas, del regreso de la ópera Manon de Massenet al Palau de Les Arts -ya se escuchó en 2010, en tiempos de Helga Schmidt- queda la esencia de una de las grandes óperas del repertorio; es decir, el canto y su base sinfónica. Fueron precisamente la soprano cubano-estadounidense Lisette Oropesa y la Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana los genuinos triunfadores de una función de contrastes y nivel, convertida en inolvidable por el canto y la expresión excepcional de la diva y una orquesta que tocó, cantó y sonó maravillosamente toda la noche bajo el gobierno efectivo de su titular, James Gaffigan. Desde los primeros momentos, -“Je suis encore tout étourdie”-, la Oropesa dejó enunciados los perfiles expresivos y vocales de un personaje que le va como anillo al dedo. Musical y dramáticamente. A pesar de su poderosa personalidad, y de su condición de figura puntera de la lírica actual, en su interpretación fue solo Manon, la genuina y única. No hizo de Manon: fue la propia Manon la que el jueves, cantó y actuó en la escena inmensa del Palau de Les Arts. Tal fue su entrega, identificación con el personaje y médula vocal de un papel marcado por figuras legendarias de la ópera, con Victoria de los Ángeles a la cabeza. Oropesa, que debutó el rol en 2019, en el Metropolitan de Nueva York, incorpora su nombre a la nómina selecta de las mejores Manon que fueron y son. Cantó desde el alma, otorgando sentido y expresión a cada palabra, a cada sílaba, a la evolución de una casi niña de 16 años, caprichosa y Lolita, que tras cinco actos y seis escenas concluye convertida en una heroína del amor y la libertad. Y fue esa transición difícil, desde la ingenuidad y la frivolidad a la pasión que es capaz de aparcar todos los sueños y anhelos de antaño para dejar que el amor imponga su ley en tiempos difíciles y contra cualquier conveniencia, la guía que marcó una noche en la que ella fue absoluta protagonista. El abismo entre la jovencita caprichosa y la heroína que cierra la historia con esa frase intensa y sencilla que sale de sus labios agónicos: “Et c’est là l’histoire de Manon Lescaut”. Antes, momentos tan memorables como cuando en el segundo acto entona el aria más célebre “Adieu, notre petite table” con sutileza vocal transparente y cargada de efusión y nostalgias; o el contraste, en el frívolo tercer acto, con un “Je marche sur tous les chemins” redondeado con gracia y sabores dieciochescos en la gavota “Obéissons quand leur voix appelle”, donde retoma las jóvenes alegrías del amor y la juventud... Como Manon, el arte de Oropesa es voluble y versátil, fresco y joven. Atrevido y decidido. Impregnado de pasado y abierto a la incertidumbre del futuro. Y, como su hermana Charlotte (Werther), sin recovecos ni medias tintas.
    —  Justo Romero  •  Levante
  • Violetta Valery

    WIEN / Staatsoper: LA TRAVIATA mit Oropesa, Floréz & Dupuis

    Allen voran die mitreißend singende wie auch darstellerisch berührende Lisette Oropesa in der Titelrolle. Die kubanisch-amerikanische Sopranistin bringt alles mit, was für diese Rolle essenziell ist: Eine wunderschöne Stimme, gerade groß genug, hell und fein timbriert, ausdrucksstark und technisch so versiert, dass sie mit eleganter Leichtigkeit anmutig und geradezu schwerelos durch die Kadenzen schweben kann. Sie ist zu zartestem Pianissimo fähig, aber auch in kraftvolle Sequenzen wie in „Sempre lbera“ sattelfest.  Bewundernswert, wie sich Oropesa in den sich ändernden Gefühlswelten verwandeln kann, von verliebter Glückseligkeit im ersten Akt bis zur erschütternden Verzweiflung in „Addio del passato“ und dem letzten Aufflackern des Lebens- und Liebenswillen angesichts des Todes. Darstellerisch überzeugt sie mit ehrlicher, liebenswerter Aufrichtigkeit, nicht mit großen Gesten.
    —  Manfred A. Schmid  •  Online Merker
  • Ophélie

    Shakespeare als große Oper: Umjubelter „Hamlet“ in Salzburg

    So wie auch, und ganz besonders, Lisette Oropesa. Wenn sie die Ophélie gibt, dann bleibt die Figur nicht bloß eine gläsern-zerbrechliche Femme fragile: Stattdessen erfüllt die Koloratursopranistin ihre einmal schlichten, dann wieder reich verzierten Kantilenen mit der Fülle und der Wärme einer Liebenden, die auf für sie unbegreifliche Weise enttäuscht wird und daraufhin in den Tod geht. Ein Hauch Cotrubas klingt da im Timbre an, eine Prise Gheorghiu – und doch ist Oropesa eine Diva eigenen Ranges, die ihre leuchtenden Spitzentöne in zartes Piano zurücknehmen kann: Das provozierte Jubelstürme schon nach ihrer Wahnsinnszene. 
    —  Walter Weidringer  •  Die Presse
  • Soprano

    Salvas de virtuosismo en el Festival Cap Rocat: Lisette Oropesa reina en la fortaleza mallorquina

    Entre todas estas piezas, todas interpretadas a un nivel sinigual que dejó fascinado a un publico totalmente entregado, destacó Oh, nube! Che lieve per l'aria, de la obra de Donizetti Maria Estuarda, que la soprano interpretará por primera vez en su carrera en el Teatro Real la próxima temporada. Valga subrayar los bises con los que Oropesa concluyó una velada redonda. Después de volver sobre sus pasos, la soprano tomó la palabra para compartir una información de la que había sido conocedora días antes. Su bisabuela, nacida en la isla de Mallorca, era el último eslabón en unirse a un largo linaje de mujeres ligadas a tierras hispanoparlantes en la familia de la artista. Con motivo de ese lazo, que continúan la cantante, de origen cubano, y su madre, española de nacimiento, interpreto como colofón final la Romanza de María la O, de la zarzuela del compositor cubano Ernesto Lacuona, Maria la O y, por último, Las carceleras de la zarzuela cómica española Las hijas de Zebedeo.
    —  Ángel Mora  •  El Español
  • Soprano

    A singing orchestra that presents a feast of sound

    The second songs were two Mozart concert arias by American soprano Lisette Oropesa. It was a superb performance combining Oropesa's flawless technique, rich tone, and wonderful accompaniment worthy of an opera orchestra. I thought it would have been great if yesterday's program consisted of only Mozart opera overtures and arias.
    —  Gwangyeol Jeon  •  MBN (MSN.com)
  • Soprano

    Oropesa’s charm balances Brahms’ dark drama with Met Orchestra at Carnegie

    Lisette Oropesa, who will join the Met forces on their Asian tour, last appeared at the Met as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto in December 2022. Judging from the reception she received, the soprano has been greatly missed. Although this brief appearance singing two Mozart arias hardly sated her fans’ desire to hear more of her. The first of the two arias was “Vado, ma dové,” K. 583, which Mozart composed in 1789 for soprano Louise Villeneuve. Little is known of the soprano, except that she was the first Dorabella in Così fan tutte; Mozart write this insertion aria for Villeneuve to sing int Martín y Soler’s Il Burbero di Buon Cuore. Unsurprisingly, with the passage of time, Oropesa’s lyric coloratura soprano has grown in size and complexity. “Vado, ma dové” was less of a coloratura showpiece for Oropesa than an opportunity for her to display the beauty of her middle range. Her voice was especially creamy and rich in the second section of the aria in which she sang imploring for love to be her guide. Mozart composed “A Berenice – Sol nascente” K. 70 when he was only 13 as a birthday present to Prince-Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach. The young genius found a congenial patron in the archbishop, as opposed to his successor Hieronymus Colleredo, who famously dismissed him from his service. “A Berenice – Sol nascente” is a licenza, as opposed to either a stand-alone aria or an insertion. Intended as an epilogue for Giuseppi Sarti’s opera-seria Vologeso, it opens with an extended recitative in praise of Prince Sigismund, which provided another opportunity for Oropesa to display the warmth of her middle register, as well as her flair for bringing words to life.
    —  Rick Perdian  •  New York Classical Review
  • Soprano

    Antonio Pappano Celebration — the Royal Opera maestro’s regal sendoff

    The soprano Lisette Oropesa showed brilliant vocal acting in her Don Pasquale nugget and later soared assuredly over the trio from Der Rosenkavalier.  the ecstatic conclusion to Rossini’s William Tell, with Finley as the Swiss freedom fighter, Oropesa’s soprano glinting again and the chorus movingly imploring: “Reign over us once more!” 
    —  Neil Fisher  •  The Times
  • Soprano

    Pour ses 177 ans, le Liceu fait briller quatre étoiles

    En deuxième partie, Oropesa nous offrira une valse de Juliette miroitante à souhait : sa voix possède ce brillant orné de velours qui laisse jaillir une artiste élégante et noble. Ensuite Camarena attaquera « Ah, lève-toi, soleil » du même ouvrage. Magistral aussi, car l’éclat de son instrument est mis au service d’un interprète engagé, intelligent et sensible. 
    —  Xavier Rivera  •  Crescendo Magazine
  • Soprano

    Milano, Teatro alla Scala – Concerto di Lisette Oropesa e Benjamin Bernheim

    Il succitato duetto ha consentito alla brava Lisette Oropesa di scaldare la voce prima di affrontare la difficile aria dei verdiani Masnadieri, durante la cabaletta della quale abbiamo potuto apprezzare il bellissimo trillo della cantante statunitense e i suoi affascinante acuti, se presi in pianissimo. Dopo l’esecuzione della Sinfonia tratta dalla stessa opera (che ha guadagnato calorose ovazioni al violoncello solista) si è passati all’impegnativo duetto del Rigoletto fra Gilda e il Duca durante il quale la voce del soprano, così ricca di armonici, si fondeva un poco a fatica con quella tendenzialmente frigida del tenore. Seconda parte del concerto tutta dedicata alla Francia, dove una Oropesa tecnicamente pregevole, ma stranamente priva di coquetterie, ha eseguito l’aria “des bijoux” dal Faust di Gounod e il perigliosissimo “Robert, toi que j’aime” da Robert le Diable di Meyerbeer.
    —  Giancarlo Arnaboldi  •  Conessi all'Opera
  • Soprano

    Concert Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim – Paris (TCE)

    Lisette Oropesa que le public parisien a découverte dans Les Huguenots à Bastille en septembre 2018 propose ensuite « Robert, toi que j’aime », un extrait d’un autre opéra de Meyerbeer, Robert le diable. Son interprétation émouvante et nuancée, parsemée de demi-teintes exquises capte durablement l’attention en dépit de deux aigus légèrement stridents et un peu bas dans la dernière section de l’air qui n’ont pas empêché le public de l’applaudir chaleureusement. Cette partie, finalement plus captivante que la première, s’achève en beauté avec la grande scène de Saint Sulpice extraite de Manon. Bernheim propose un « Ah fuyez douce image » irréprochable vocalement et stylistiquement, mais dans le duo qui suit on aimerait percevoir davantage la fougue amoureuse qui anime le personnage. Oropesa est en revanche une Manon tout feu tout flamme, pleinement convaincante dans sa robe rouge fendue sur le devant. 
    —  Christian Peter  •  Forum Opera
  • Amina

    Una Sonnambula da sogno

    La Oropesa è un’Amina deliziosa, ingenua e tenera ma non manierata, anzi resa molto autentica e viva dalla toccante alternanza di momenti intensi di malinconia, felicità, drammaticità ed esultanza. Il suo timbro è particolare, comunicativo e simpatico, il suo stile e la sua tecnica sono inappuntabili.
    —  Mauro Mariani  •  Giornale della Musica
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    Mathilde

    „Willhelm Tell“: Peinliches und Gelungenes in Spitzenbesetzung

    Oropesa ist auch die stärkste Stimme des Abends. Sie bringt Poesie und Farbe in die schwere Partie, meistert nicht nur die Höhen und Koloraturen bravourös, ihr gelingt ein echtes Porträt.
    —  Martin Gasser  •  Kleine Zeitung Steiermark
  • Violetta Valery

    La Traviata à Bastille, ou la "grâce" des réseaux sociaux

    Mais Violetta Valéry, en ce dimanche après-midi, n'est nulle autre que Lisette Oropesa, triomphale de puissance mélodieuse tout en incarnant parfaitement la séductrice assumée. Son jeu et sa voix dynamique élargissent l'espace scénique et acoustique, sachant percer le mur d'orchestre et des c(h)œurs par ses accents, sans négliger les grands moments de douceurs et la claire déclamation du texte.
    —  Juan Barrios  •  Olyrix
  • Cleopatra

    Night at the Museum

    It’s hard to imagine a more appropriate choice for the role of Cleopatra than the incandescent Lisette Oropesa. A coquette par excellence, she has the vocal and dramatic prowess to embody Ptolemaic Egypt’s last queen. Her glorious lyric coloratura had just the right timbre, feminine and fruity. Vocally, she excelled in all her arias, but her Act II aria “V’adoro pupille” was the most sensual. Technically, her Act III aria “Da tempeste il legno infranto” was the most dazzling.
    —  Ossama el Naggar  •  Concerto Net
  • Soprano

    Deux grandes voix en fusion lyrique à Rougemont

    Toute la gamme des émotions y est: la révolte, l’affliction, les coups de colère, la résignation, la tendresse. Lisette Oropesa n’est pas qu’une jolie voix de soprano colorature au timbre cristallin. Son chant s’enflamme; la voix est surprenamment longue, couronnée d’aigus percutants, quoique aucunement criards, descendant parfois dans le grave sans effet de rupture dans les registres. Un éclat radieux en émane.
    —  Julian Sykes  •  Le Temps

2023

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    New Orleans Opera - Concert


    Nov, 2023 - Dec, 2023
  • Marie

    Lyric Opera’s ‘Daughter of the Regiment’ a romp rich with laughs and some of Donizetti’s best music

    The ultimate star of the show, though, is Oropesa, an American soprano who is making her Lyric debut. An innate physical comedian with a comfortable, compelling stage presence, she is a complete natural as Marie. Oropesa has a supple, agile soprano voice, with a winningly honest and direct style. Seemingly unfazed by the vocal or physical demands of this role, this indefatigable singer handles its legendary coloratura with eye-opening ease and aplomb. Expect to see Oropesa back as soon as Lyric can re-sign her.
    —  Kyle MacMillan  •  Chicago Sun Times
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    Wiener Staatsoper - La traviata


    Sep, 2023 - Oct, 2023

    Violetta Valery

    Eine umjubelte "La Traviata" an der Staatsoper

    In der kühl-kuriosen Instagram-Inszenierung von Simon Stone siedelte Oropesa die Violetta Valéry stimmlich auf der kräftigen Seite an, selbst im Angesicht des nahenden Bühnentods. Wie zielsichere Pfeile die Spitzentöne der US-Amerikanerin, routiniert ihre Koloraturakrobatik. 
    —  Stefan Ender  •  Der Standard
  • Violetta Valery

    [Report] Rome Opera House 2023 Japan performance “La Traviata” first day report

    On the opening day of La Traviata at the Roman Opera House, Lisette Oropesa, who played the heroine, showed the Japanese audience that she is the goddess of opera and the ultimate Violetta. She has a pretty appearance and looks great in Valentino's costumes, and even in the long aria of the first act, she did not lose her composure, and she did not hesitate to use her ultra-high notes to resonate bravely. Her emotional expression is rich, but the reason it never becomes tedious is probably because there is a mysterious mystique in her voice. There are singers who play this role in a verismo style and end up with a dull voice, but Oropesa's emotional expression is musical and elegant, and the high level that she aims for in her opera. No matter how much you listen to her, she has a voice that makes you want to hear more, and some of her sounds reminded me of golden-era Maria Callas recordings (even though her physique was completely different!) ). There is a faint classical elegance to it, and above all, the tragic nature of the story is conveyed in a very true manner.
    —  Hisae Odajima  •  NBS
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  • Soprano

    ÁGUILAS / Lisette Oropesa y la maldición de la Princesa de Bouillon

    Para entonces y ya desde el bolero “¡Ay pobre Curro mío!” de Gounod con el que se abrió el recital, Oropesa se había metido en el bolsillo al respetable gracias a la capacidad comunicativa de su voz y de su manera de frasear. La voz es de un timbre seductor, con matices levemente oscuros en origen que adquieren brillo mediante una técnica de colocación y de proyección intachables, de manera que cuando sale, la voz tiene un temblor de emoción y una gama de colores que la hacen inconfundible. Con el sonido perfectamente cubierto en toda la gama, las transiciones entre registros prácticamente no existen, el sonido fluye con una naturalidad desarmante sin saltos ni cambios, plenamente audible en todo el espectro dinámico. Con tales herramientas técnicas a su servicio, Oropesa puede abordar con seguridad el terreno expresivo del fraseo que la ha encumbrado al podio mundial de la ópera.
    —  Andrés Moreno Mengíbar  •  Scherzo Magazine
  • Violetta Valery

    Sempre libera... e bella

    La seconda recita della Traviata areniana ha presentato un ottimo cast capitanato dal soprano americano Lisette Oropesa che aveva già fatto il suo debutto trionfale nell’opera verdiana riscuotendo un successo folgorante: non c’era alcun dubbio che lo avrebbe confermato. Sarebbe banale se non noioso descrivere le sue doti di cantante e attrice; Oropesa è nata per interpretare il mitico ruolo e “condannata” a portare il pubblico ad un felice delirio: e così è stato ieri sera. Il fisico perfetto per Violetta, la naturalezza disarmante d’attrice, la voce dal vibrato caratteristico ma ben timbrata e dotata di una lucentezza particolare, la tecnica impeccabile hanno riscosso un grande successo; numerose chiamate a scena aperta e espressioni infinite d’ammirazione per lo stupefacente soprano statunitense.
    —  Irina Sorokina  •  L'ape musicale
  • Lucie

    Aix-en-Provence - Grand Théâtre de Provence: Lucie de Lammermoor

    Lisette Oropesa appare più a suo agio rispetto alla recente produzione scaligera in versione italiana. Chailly le chiedeva un’intensità drammatica che forse non è la sua tazza di tè; e il soprano rispondeva da grande artista mettendo a disposizione tutte le sue risorse di tecnica e temperamento. Però in altre occasioni avevo sentito la voce più libera e il canto più alato. Con Daniele Rustioni Lisette Oropesa torna ad essere la vocalista che ricordavo senza nulla perdere quanto a intensità espressiva. Si potrebbe pensare che Lucie la favorisca rispetto alla consorella, ma non è così avendola ascoltata anche in altre produzioni della versione italiana. Certo in “Que n’avons-nous des ailes” ha modo di sfoggiare tutta la grazia, l’eleganza che le sono proprie, con una vocalizzazione nitida, trilli perfetti; per non parlare delle messe di voce, del legato, dei picchettati, degli acuti e sopracuti in pianissimo o sul forte; insomma tutto l’armamentario della grande virtuosa è ben presente. L’aria e la cabaletta della pazzia sono nella tonalità originale, quindi un tono sopra rispetto alle esecuzioni correnti, connotazione che restituisce al personaggio un'ulteriore siderale lontananza, perso in una dimensione già ultraterrena. Niente sopracuti conclusivi e cadenza alla fine della prima parte molto elaborata e d’effetto. Ma se la vocalista entusiasma l’interprete non è da meno e dà vita a una Lucie fragile ma non esangue, liricissima, dolce, però capace di momenti di rivolta, unica donna in questa versione a fronte di un universo maschile dominatore e soverchiante. Insomma una prova maiuscola a cui il pubblico risponde con vere e proprie ovazioni.
    —  Silvano Capecchi  •  Opera Click
  • Juliette

    Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Amitai Pati shine as the lovers of Savonlinna's Romeo and Juliet

    The biggest star of the production is the soprano Lisette Oropesa , whose interpretation of the young Julia is not only amazing vocal art, but also fresh stage work, which depicts a young person in love first brightly, then in darker tones when things in love start to go seriously wrong.
    —  Samuli Tiikkaja HS  •  Helsingin Sanomat
  • Soprano

    Lisette Oropesa toi hurmaavan tunnelatauksen Espanjasta

    This deep dive to songs influenced by Spain fits very well to the image of Lisette Oropesa’s artistry. Spanish is her native language and French is her preferred singing language. The quickly changing, dramatic, moods of the music also fit to Oropesa’s quickly reacting personality and expression. Her voice transforms from dark, colorful low register to very high notes. A lot can happen during one long voice. Oropesa plays with the shades of the music, she stretches time and highlights the text so that it touches your soul. Dark emotions, pure joy and playfulness, heart-wrenching pain, and longing – Oropesa’s singing gave room for all of the emotions and they came across easily, naturally and masterfully. Everything seems to be easy and natural for this soprano.
    —  Riitta-Leena Lempinen-Vesa  •  Itä-Savo
  • Soprano

    The Met Chorus shines radiantly in music of loss at Carnegie Hall

    Oropesa’s “Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit.” ... she sang with a touch of rubato, her lines opening up and gliding above the orchestra. There was a feeling of joy in her singing.
    —  George Grella  •  New York Classical Review
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    Teatro Real - Il turco in Italia


    May, 2023 - Jun, 2023

    Fiorilla

    Lisette Oropesa protagoniza "Il turco in Italia" de Rossini en el Teatro Real

    la apoteósica - no sabría definirla de otra manera - Fiorilla de Lisette Oropesa, quien hizo y deshizo en lo vocal. No brilló tanto en la página de salida Non si dà follia maggiore, quiza a merced de la edición crítica por encima de tradiciones interpretativas... pero, su voz se desplegó en frescura, luminosidad y con ese carácter efervescente del personaje en el dúo con su marido Per piacere alla signora, así como en el terceto - que deriva en dúo - del segundo acto, Scusate... Trovarvi sola... Credete allefemmine. Y, por su puesto, en su aria final, donde volvió a poner en juego variaciones medidas, sutiles, agudo descollante, no tanto el de cierre, con un timbre centelleante, de bello vibrato y derrochando comedia, salpicada del justo patetismo para intentar entender el por qué de su arrepentimiento.
    —  Gonzalo Lahoz  •  Platea Magazine
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    Lucia

    'Lucia di Lammermoor', la magia di Chailly esalta la ballata romantica di Donizetti

    Verosimilmente, con protagonisti di rara competenza stilistica, civiltà e tecnica di canto, e ben meditata espressività come Lisette Oropesa, una Lucia interiorizzata anche nel quadro clou della pazzia
    —  Angelo Foletto  •  Republica
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    Opera National de Paris - Hamlet


    Feb, 2023 - Mar, 2023

    Ophélie

    Hamlet à Bastille : être ou avoir été, telle est la question

    Avec toutes ces funestes méprises, la voix que Lisette Oropesa offre à Ophélie semble d'autant plus pure, d'articulation, de timbre. Pourtant sa ligne de chant est riche d'un médium nourri et sa prononciation du français appliquée, comme ses coloratures. Son immense longueur de souffle lui permet d'enchaîner plusieurs phrases de vocalises (même si l'aigu n'est pas des plus opulents). Son chant paraît de ce fait d'autant plus clair et cristallin au moment fatidique où Hamlet la chasse vers un cloître (vers la mort en fait). Mais même le timbre éclatant, comme du verre, sait replonger dans le grave, comme tombant "à genoux" (la manière par laquelle Hamlet lui avait juré son amour).
    —  Charles Arden  •  Olyrix
  • Soprano

    Mozart füllt Säle und die Riesenbühne

    Lisette Oropesa bescherte etwas fülligere Belcanto-Brillanz
    —  Florian Oberhummer  •  Salzburger Nachrichten
  • Amalia

    "I Masnadieri" im Nationaltheater: Weiblich neu

    Lisette Oropesa überraschend viele Wesenszüge von Verdis späteren Frauenrollen: Sie bindet in den Cavatinen und Cabalettas die Spitzentöne zwar makellos pianissimo in die Linie ein. Doch ihr Legato ist unter der zart lebendigen Oberfläche sehnig gestützt, die Melodien hält sie entschlossen fest und spannt sie in der Staatsoper zu enorm tragfähigen Bögen auf. Und Lisette Oropesas düstere Tiefe lässt an die Dramatik der Lady Macbeth denken, die wenige Monate vor den "Masnadieri" das Licht der Welt erblickt hatte.
    —  Michael Bastian Weiß  •  Abendzeitung München

2022

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    Metropolitan Opera - Rigoletto


    Nov, 2022 - Dec, 2022

    Gilda

    RIGOLETTO ~ A Matinee at The Met

    And her vocalism was ravishing. Strong emotional currents run thru everything Lisette sings; she can find just the right colour for every note and word, and it all seems perfectly spontaneous. A magical, palpable  hush settled over the House during Lisette's "Caro nome": an exquisite portrait of a young girl on the brink, the innocence of the words underscored by a subtle sense of longing. In the ensuing scenes, phrase after phrase of captivating tone and nuance - from her defiance in the vendetta duet to the heart-wrenching poignancy of her farewell to her father - showed again what a thoughtful and unique artist this soprano is. 
    —  Oberon  •  Oberon's Grove
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    Royal Opera House - Alcina


    Sep, 2022 - Nov, 2022

    Alcina

    Alcina at The Royal Opera House

    But the real value in this Alcina lies in the performances. Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa is brilliant as Alcina, using her narcissism to her bewitch and manipulate. Oropesa has a luminescent tone, control and technique that allows her to pivot between seductiveness and the anger of in Ah! Ruggeiro crudel
    —  Adrian York  •  London Unattached
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    Teatro di San Carlo - I Puritani


    Aug, 2022 - Sep, 2022

    Elvira

    FRETTOLOSA E MONOTONA LA DIREZIONE D'ORCHESTRA DI SAGRIPANTI. OROPESA LA PIU APPLAUDITA ANDUAGA TUTT

    Applaudita più di tutti è Lisette Oropesa, al debutto nel ruolo di Elvira: 'agilità sfoderata nei passaggi di bravura è ragguardevole, lo scintillio della voce non sacrifica l'eleganza della frase; è su que. sto terreno esclusivo che il soprano americano costruisce la performance, lasciando a cimenti futuri la possibilità di caratterizzare a fondo un personaggio che pure, nei tre atti, cambia pelle più volte.
    —  Stefano Valanzuolo  •  Il Mattino Napoli
  • Lucia

    Grandioser Start ins Salzburger Festspielfinale

    Für die US-amerikanische Sopranistin Lisette Oropesa, ihre strahlende Stimme und ihre Verkörperung der Lucia drücken Superlative kaum aus, was sie gesanglich und mimisch mit selten gehörter Virtuosität geleistet hat.
    —  Brigitte Janoschka  •  Passauer Neue Presse
  • Soprano

    Verona: pioggia di emozioni nei Carmina Burana

    Spicca tra le voci soliste Lisette Oropesa. Dotata del pieno controllo del suo strumento il Soprano dimostra eccellenti doti tecniche mai tendenti all’eccesso.
    —  Matteo Pozzato  •  Le Salon Musicale
  • Violetta Valery

    “DOLCE NOTTE! QUANTE STELLE!”: TURANDOT, AIDA E TRAVIATA IN ARENA

    Chi rivela una crescita artistica e interpretativa formidabile è Lisette Oropesa nei panni della protagonista. Quando sentimmo per la prima volta il soprano in questo ruolo avevamo previsto un ulteriore sviluppo e ne abbiamo la prova: la sua Violetta ora è completa, dal virtuosismo del I atto al liricismo del II, fino al canto drammatico del III. L’interprete è anche cresciuta sotto il punto di vista attoriale, gestendo benissimo anche la maturazione scenica di questo iconico personaggio.
    —  Francesco Lodola  •  Ieri Oggi Domaini Opera
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    Violetta Valery

    Lisette Oropesa triunfa en Múnich con ‘La traviata’

    Lisette Oropesa, una de las mejores Violetta del momento, puso al público en pie en esta velada, con su interpretación que apoyada en una notable técnica le permitió expresar sin fisuras todas las facetas del personaje: alegría despreocupada e impulso apasionado, fragilidad del cuerpo y del corazón, enfermedad y miseria, renuncia y grandeza moral, desesperación y agonía. La compleja paleta emocional de la Traviata está magistralmente representada. Lisette Oropesa fue la reina indiscutible de la noche.
    —  Luc Roger  •  Opera World
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    Lucia

    ZURICH/ Opera House: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. resumption. A strong plea for concert performances

    Lisette Oropesa is Lucia, his sister. With a slender stature and southern appearance, she develops a noticeable stage presence from the very first moment and fascinates with her natural play. Her youthfully fresh soprano is absolutely confident in the high notes and skilled in coloratura, leaving nothing to be desired.
    —  Jan Krobot  •  Online Merker
  • Lucia

    VIENNA / State Opera: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR

    After her brilliant performance as Konstanze in Hans Neuenfels ' Abduction and her solo concerto, Lisette Oropesa's role debut as Lucia was eagerly awaited. A complete success. Like the Cuban-American at the beginning of “ …Ed ecco! ecco su quel margine…' startled by the ghostly appearance of the dead woman, already indicates how sensitive, filigree and highly endangered the young woman she portrays is. Her oath of love is highly credible, and the mad scene is touchingly dramatic. 20 gripping, varied minutes that are incredibly touching. Oropesa has been the most sought-after Lucia since her role debut in 2017 at the Royal Opera House London. The acting is unsurpassed and the singing is almost perfect. The coloraturas are supple and clear, her silvery-bright, modulation-capable soprano voice is paired with a secure technique and strong charisma. 
    —  Manfred A. Schmid  •  Online Merker
  • Lucia

    Gala Liceu

    La Lucia di Lisette Oropesa resta nella memoria come un momento sospeso nel tempo, con le sue cadenze perfette, acuti torniti, puntature cinguettate. 
    —  Valentina Anzani  •  Giornale della Musica
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    Soprano

    REVIEW: LISETTE OROPESA AT THE ROYAL THEATER

    Habiendo debutado en 2007, todavía conserva completamente las características de soprano ligera, si bien goza de un apreciable volumen y proyección -la voz «corre» sin problemas- y es muy homogénea de arriba abajo, utilizando también adecuadamente el canto de pecho -con las limitaciones propias de su extensión natural-, pudiendo así abordar sin problemas los registros más «graves». También contribuyen determinantemente a su atractivo su capacidad de matización, la inteligente utilización de las medias voces -posee un centro bien resuelto-, y una muy buena dicción y administración del fiato, que le permiten frasear y moldear a conciencia su canto legato. Además creemos que su canto en idioma francés es muy correcto.
    —  Oscar del Saz  •  Codalario
  • Gilda

    WIEN/ Staatsoper: RIGOLETTO – wieder umbesetzt

    Oropesas Sopran ließ Gilda keine kühle Virtuosität angedeihen, sondern trug das Herz auf der Zunge. Ihre Stimme ließ in der weich gebetteten Mittellage eine leise Wehmut anklingen, die an längst vergangene Opernzeiten erinnerte. Die Sängerin spielte die Figur ohne Übertreibung, erfüllte sie mit herzwärmender Naivität und Jugendlichkeit
    —  Dominik Troger  •  Online Merker
  • Konstanze

    Staatsoper: Die "Entführung" als Gesamtkunstwerk

    Virtuos, wie Lisette Oropesa in der Bravourarie Martern aller Arten mit den Stimmen des Orchesters um die Wette singt
    —  Der Standard  •  Der Standard
  • Soprano

    WIEN / Staatsoper: Solistenkonzert LISETTE OROPESA

    Oropesa gelingt es, mit ihrem schlanken, flexiblen Sopran die in den von ihr ausgewählten Liedern beschworenen Stimmungen und Bilder einfühlsam auszuloten. 
    —  Manfred A. Schmid  •  Online Merker
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    Soprano

    De Mercadante a Lecuona, la exquisita Lisette Oropesa encandila en el Reina Sofía

    El programa, amplio en ese abanico, fue además extraordinariamente generoso, tanto como la cercanía de la cantante. Oropesa no lo puede evitar. Es simpática y extrovertida, y necesita el contacto constante con el público. No importa si canta o no. Ella es pura comunicación permanente. Y generoso y grande también es su nivel interpretativo, ya que la soprano es dueña de un instrumento, y de unos conocimientos, propios de los mejores. Y por eso es un privilegio escucharla; porque cante lo que cante, lo hace con sabiduría, e imprimiendo un estilo que recuerda a épocas donde deslumbraron los grandes como De los Ángeles o Callas.
    —  Jacobo Ríos-Capapé Carpi  •  Valencia Plaza
  • Giulietta

    'I Capuleti e i Montecchi' alla Scala, le lotte di potere sono un gioco da ragazze

    Lisette Oropesa, svettante ma non manierata, capace d’un canto deciso, che ha reso una Giulietta-donna matura e volitiva
    —  Angelo Foletto  •  https://www.repubblica.it/

2021

  • Soprano

    Standing ovation per Lisette Oropesa a Ravello.

    È stato il debutto di Lisette Oropesa a chiudere la lunga stagione di programmazione della Fondazione Ravello. Tre bis e tanti applausi per uno dei più importanti soprani di oggi, acclamata sui palcoscenici dei più grandi teatri del mondo. La Oropesa, accompagnata all’Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer dalla Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti, particolarmente ispirata, diretta da Fabrizio Maria Carminati ha dato sfoggia di tutto il suo talento interpretando sette gemme del suo repertorio: Fiorilla, Giulietta, Hélene, Isabelle, Musetta e Manon.
    —  Gazzetta di Salerno  •  Gazzetta di Salerno
  • Soprano

    Entre zarzuelas y habaneras

    Un aleteo vivaracho abría el recital con la Paloma de Oropesa, quien desde un primer momento ya prometía desde aquí la asombrosa vocalización de cuanto cantaba, y si algo no se le entendía es porque era prácticamente imposible (las zonas más agudas de las sopranos suelen luchar con este escollo). Digamos también que por el hecho de alcanzar agudos estratosféricos su voz no es delgada y ni sin cuerpo, una cualidad que la hace más versátil y su color más variado. Es verdad que también posee un vibrato nervioso, que debe ser más de una técnica determina o una costumbre antes que defecto de su canto, puesto que en las 'Siete canciones populares españolas' que siguieron dicho vibrato se lentificó en las piezas más pausadas ('Asturiana', 'Nana').
    —  Carlos Tarín  •  ABCdeSevilla
  • Soprano

    Lisette Oropesa, el cóctel (de zarzuela) perfecto: sí, ella es Cecilia Valdés

    Y claro, como hemos dicho, llegó la traca final: Yo soy Cecilia Valdés. ¡Y tanto que ella ‘es’ la protagonista de esta zarzuela cubana! Lo disfrutó en el escenario del Teatro de La Zarzuela pero, sobre todo, nos lo hizo disfrutar a nosotros en el patio de butacas. Sensual, coqueta, divertida, canalla, tímida…, todo esto porque ella, efectivamente, ¡ella es Cecila Valdés! Luego, las generosas propinas, el apoteosis y el delirio de los fans.
    —  Nacho Fresno  •  Shangay
  • Theodora

    A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

    In the title role, Lisette Oropesa offered a straightforward sincerity and innocence. Oropesa’s voice is a perfect fit for the character, pure and unforced but with enough fullness to bloom in Handel’s long legato lines. As always, her vocal technique was a marvel, with perfectly integrated registers and fluent command of Handelian ornamentation. Her Act 2 prison scene was the highlight of the evening, marrying endless lines of pearly sound with disarming sincerity. As her lover Didymus, the young French countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian sang with a beautiful, rich tone and excellent coloratura, particularly in his opening aria. His plummy sound, though, wasn’t ideally matched with Oropesa’s silvery purity in the final duet, and his English suffered in comparison to his Anglophone cast-mates.
    —  Kevin W Ng  •  Bachtrack
  • Theodora

    La “nobile semplicità” di Theodora alla Scala

    Il soprano Lisette Oropesa ha dato vita ad una Teodora — la nobile cristiana prima sottratta al martirio dall’amante, il soldato Didimo, e poi pronta a morire insieme a lui quando scopre che a sua volta l’uomo è stato condannato — piena di sofferenza e di incanti vocali. Lo si è apprezzato già nella prima aria e lo si è apprezzato nel corso dell’intero oratorio, in particolare nella celebre aria «in catene» con traversiere obbligato all’inizio della seconda parte, un vero e proprio colpo di genio della fantasia händeliana, con il traversiere che in alcune battute quasi sembra perdersi nel silenzio di tutti gli altri strumenti.
    —  Luca Segalla  •  Revista Musica
  • Theodora

    WIEN / Theater an der Wien: THEODORA

    Lisette Oropesa, schwarze Locken, grau-silbriges Abendkleid, sang die Titelrolle. Sie hat mit ihrem Strahle-Sorpan als Konstanze in der Wiener Staatoper die Herzen des Publikums im Sturm erobert. Hier muss sie die „Tugendboldin“ (wie man Händels Heldin bezeichnet hat) interessant machen. Sie tut es so weit wie möglich mit Stimme, Technik und lebhaftem Minenspiel, dessen sich auch alle anderen Sänger bedienen: Wenn man das Ganze schon nicht spielen darf (das Programmheft kündigt allerdings eine szenische Aufführung mit dieser Besetzung irgendwann irgendwo an), dann muss man doch wenigstens zeigen, wie man fühlt und leidet. Leidet vor allem, denn Theodora wird verfolgt, soll zur Prostitution gezwungen werden, will das Opfer des Didymus, der sie retten möchte, nicht annehmen… kurz, selbst wenn man den englischen Text nicht mitliest, weiß man doch nach der Inhaltsangabe worum es geht. Tragisch.
    —  Renate Wagner  •  Online Merker
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    Royal Opera House - La traviata


    Oct, 2021 - Nov, 2021

    Violetta Valery

    Lisette Oropesa's Violetta proves to be one of the greats at Covent Garden

    last night, we were to hear Lisette Oropesa, a soprano at the top of her game whose Violetta blew away audiences in Madrid last year as well as at The Met. She did not disappoint. The keystone of her performance was a truly formidable level of technique. Whatever technical aspect you talk about – breathing, placement of vowel sounds, details of Italian diction, legato, timbre, emphasis of bel canto phrasing or many more – Oropesa had them all under control, with supreme confidence in her ability to make her voice do anything she wanted it to. Technique brings freedom: the freedom to choose the exact interpretation of every phrase and to know that it’s going to come out exactly the way she wants it to. Opera singers are constantly making difficult decisions and Oropesa seemed to make every one in a way that was musically and dramatically felicitous. I’ll give just one example: in “Addio, del passato”, when Violetta bids goodbye to the past from her deathbed, she gasps for breath between phrases. How loud to make the gasp? Too loud and you break the musical flow, maybe sounding contrived. Too soft and you sound too healthy. Oropesa nailed the balance exactly right – as she did in hundreds of other places. With that musical freedom came an ability to make every word of the role count, whether it’s the glitter of Act 1, the cheerfulness turning to despair of Act 2 scene 1, the impossibility of an exit from her grief at the card playing scene or the inevitability of her terminal illness of Act 3. Her performance convinced at every point even as we enjoyed the music.
    —  David Karlin  •  Bachtrack
  • Soprano

    In salotto con Verdi (Festival Verdi 2021)

    Il grande successo della serata è merito senza dubbio dei due protagonisti: il Maestro Francesco Izzo al pianoforte e Lisette Oropesa, stella ormai affermatasi nel panorama lirico mondiale.Il soprano, originario della Louisiana, in un bellissimo ed elegante abito da sera nero, che ne valorizza la figura longilinea, si posiziona al proscenio e intona i primi versi dei brani di apertura del concerto (arie di Saverio Mercadante); il pubblico rimane da subito affascinato dalla purezza e dalla morbidezza di una voce immacolata, luminosa e che si espande facilmente in sala.
    —  Marco Faverzani  •  Opera Libera
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    Royal Opera House - Rigoletto


    Aug, 2021 - Sep, 2021

    Gilda

    Rigoletto, Royal Opera review - routine clouds the best in this season opener

    Charismatic, though, he isn’t. Lisette Oropesa doesn’t have a huge amount to go on as the silly girl who loves her rapist to the end, but her lyric soprano – fuller than usual in this role – is engaged in a fascinatingly different “Caro nome” from the coloratura.
    —  David Nice  •  The Arts Desk
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    Soprano

    Martina Franca, Festival of the Valle d'Itria 2021 - Recital by Lisette Oropesa

    Oropesa ha esibito una bella incisività nel recitativo, eseguendo poi con perfetta musicalità e un suono dolce e vibrante l’aria, prima della funambolica cabaletta dove la precisione dei trilli era sostenuta da un eccezionale controllo del fiato e si accompagnava sempre a una ragione espressiva. Notevolissima poi nell’articolazione della frase, nitida e priva di qualsivoglia artificio, nell’intensa pateticità di “Adieu, notre petite table” da Manon di Massenet.
    —  Fabio Larovere  •  Conessi all'Opera
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    Violetta Valery

    Un/altra Traviata nel vuoto del teatro

    La complessita della protagonista viene esaltata dal canto recitato di Lisette Oropesa Lisette Oropesa, statunitense di origini cubane, é una Violetta da manuale: recita con il canto. Le sfaccettature di un personaggio complesso prendono vita momento per momento.
    —  Dino Villatico  •  Il Manifesto
  • Soprano

    RECITAL DE LISETTE OROPESA Y RUBÉN FERNÁNDEZ AGUIRRE EN BILBAO

    Digámoslo cuanto antes: el recital ha sido un éxito sin paliativos. Uno, que no es amigo de este formato, no recuerda en los últimos años una cantante con la calidad vocal de Oropesa en recital alguno. La voz es de bello color, uniformidad en todos los registros –aunque algo matizado en la zona más grave, lo que parece natural- un fraseo de calidad y una implicación con el texto digna de aplauso. Además, técnicamente Oropesa nos ofreció detalles de alta calidad, de esos que están destinados para disfrutar casi en la intimidad. Por poner solo dos ejemplos, el trino final de la segunda pieza de Mercadante, La primavera, está alcance de pocas; y en la segunda parte, en la operística, toda la escena final de La sonnambula de Bellini fue un ejemplo de buen decir, de implicación con el personaje y de generosidad con el público pues la soprano incluyó el recitativo, muy sentido, el aria y la cabaletta final.
    —  Enrique Bert  •  Platea Magazine

2020

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    Violetta Valery

    Brava Oropesa!

    Lugar y fecha: Gran Teatre del Liceu (15/XII/2020) Seductora y carismática, así fue la Violetta Valéry de la estadounidense Lisette Oropesa, éxito personal y ovación en el Liceu. Recuperadas las funciones de La Traviata tras ampliar el tope de 500 espectadores a 1.000, faltaba disfrutar de la tercera de las cuatro Violetta en discordia, vistas ya Kristina Mkhitaryan y Pretty Yende, y a falta de Ermonela Jaho en la última función. Lisette, la más ligera, sorprendió, pues más allá de un primer acto brillante, donde desplegó su instrumento a piacere, Mi bemol al nal del “Sempre libera!” , agudos fáciles, luminosos y timbrados, creció con el desarrollo de la partitura. En su dúo con Germont padre coloreó, buscó expresión y matices, siempre sul ato, con un fraseo detallado, articulando cada frase con una escuela belcantista de primera. En su aria nal “Addio del passato” , la más aplaudida, controló el vibrato, aportó drama y acabó con un pianissimo volátil inolvidable. Brava la Oropesa!
    —  Jordi Maddaleno  •  La Vanguardia
  • Soprano

    Prima della Scala 2020

    La migliore: Lisette Oropesa (voto 9)Il soprano Lisette Oropesa ha fatto capire cosa sarebbe potuta essere la prevista ‘Lucia di Lemmermoor’. Toccante il suo “Regnava nel silenzio”, fatto di splendide colorature e tanto altro
    —  Enrico Girardi  •  Corriere Della Sera
  • Konstanze

    Die Poesie eines (Musik-)Theatermachers

    Lisette Oropesa ist eine wahre Entdeckung. Ihre Konstanze ist ein Ereignis. Der amerikanischen Sopranistin fehlt nichts: ihr Sopran erstrahlt in den hohen Tönen, die sie mühelos erreicht, besticht durch Sinnlichkeit und Ausdruck. Fulminant ihre "Martern"-Arie. 
    —  Susanne Zobl  •  News.AT
  • Soprano

    Royal Opera: Live in Concert was a Covid-secure evening of world-class singing and music-making

    There was something deeply affecting in hearing the chorus singing once more in the theatre as Oropesa caught the eye and ear during Amina’s engrossing final scene from La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) with more than just a little help from Felipe Manu’s cameo as Elvino. (Manu is a promising New Zealand-Tongan tenor and currently on the Jette Parker programme.) There are wondrous qualities in Oropesa’s singing and her voice has such bloom and (if she will forgive me) you could see her diaphragm working overtime to provide secure support and allow her to send Bellini’s phrases soaring. Oropesa clearly had a particularly sensitive understanding of nuance in the combination of notes and words she was singing.
    —  Jim Pritchard  •  Seen and Heard International
  • Soprano

    Il Rossini Gala dell’Arena di Verona

    Excellent interpretations by all the interpreters involved. Lisette Oropesa confirms herself as a singer perfectly at ease in the bel canto repertoire, as well as able to immerse herself in the different characters she has to face in a few minutes, although so different from each other (Semiramide and Rosina in the Barbiere in the first part of the concert).
    —  blogartpost  •  The.blogartpost
  • Violetta Valery

    Llegó Lisette Oropesa y ‘dio el canto’ en ‘La Traviata’ (y el Teatro Real se vino abajo)

    Now, in the final stretch, Lisette Oropesa arrives. You have to go see it, and especially to listen to it. Even if it is only for the few seconds in which her Amami Alfredo transports us to the great ones that we all have engraved in our brain, which is the best hard drive that can exist. It is true that we are in need of beautiful things. And it is no less true that the Oropesa gives us the ear. When we still remember his Lucia from two years ago (and his Gilda del Rigoletto from 2015), now comes his Violetta, which enshrines her in the Real: from chaste diva, chaste goddess, to absolute diva. But with the closeness that the divas of the 21st century require. Her elegance on stage, in addition, adds many points. El Real, we insist, is at fifty percent capacity for health reasons. Those who were on July 18 filled all the gaps with applause; a welcome that makes history. The shadow of the encore flew over the room after his sublime Addio del passato of the final act. Just as the illusion that he would come out to be applauded behind the curtain that closed the first one also flew overhead. As before, as could be done when the voice prevailed.
    —  Nacho Fresno  •  Shangay
  • Soprano

    The Top 5 Moments From the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’s At Home Gala

    In an outstanding rendition of Douglass Moore’s aria “Willow,” Oropesa offered audiences a refined and moving performance filled with crystal clear high notes, all sung a capella. While the performance was pre-recorded, Oropesa also recited the text for Italian audiences in a beautiful and moving reading.
    —  Francisco Salazar  •  Opera Wire
  • Soprano

    The Met Opera’s At-Home Gala: Informal Yet Profoundly Moving

    The soprano Lisette Oropesa, in Baton Rouge, La., sounded radiant in an aria from Meyerbeer’s “Robert le Diable.”
    —  Anthony Tommasini  •  New York Times
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    Metropolitan Opera - La Traviata


    Feb, 2020 - Mar, 2020

    Violetta Valery

    Review: Lisette Oropesa Makes ‘La Traviata’ Her Own

    In Act I, when Violetta, a charming courtesan, is throwing a lavish party, a soprano must summon flights of coloratura brilliance and coquettish sparkle. Ms. Oropesa breezily dispatched runs and embellishments as she mingled with her guests and met Alfredo, the smitten young man from a bourgeois family who has been pining for her from afar.Yet you could detect a trace of forced vivacity in Ms. Oropesa’s interpretation, an intentional touch of tremulous fervor in her sound, even as she let bright-voiced, ebullient phrases soar. Here was a young woman determined to prove that she was undaunted and would remain, as she later sings, “sempre libera”: always free.
    —  Anthony Tommasini  •  New York Times
  • Rosina

    Jeunes et prometteurs

     Appréciée du public parisien depuis sa Marguerite de Valois dans Les Huguenots à l’automne 2018, Lisette Oropesa compose une Rosine en tout point captivante. La jeune soprano ne manque ni de piquant ni de charme. La voix est brillante, l’aigu aisé, les vocalises sont parfaitement exécutées et la ligne de chant ornementée avec subtilité. Actrice accomplie, elle évolue comme un poisson dans l’eau dans l’univers imaginé par Michieletto. 
    —  Christian Peter  •  Forum Opera
  • Soprano

    Gstaad in majesty

    One of the highlights of the 2019-2020 edition of the Gstaad New Year Music Festival was the recital of the American soprano Lisette Oropesa. In rehearsal in Paris for Le Barbier de Seville, the singer did not hesitate to make a quick return trip to Gstaad, despite the strikes in France and their batch of trains canceled, to offer a memorable evening. The program was particularly varied and eclectic, alternating opera arias and lieder, in four different languages. Unmistakable charisma, clear and luminous voice, ample and majestic, healthy and homogeneous over the whole range, with brilliant treble and perfectly assured vocalizations, Lisette Oropesa has everything to make a good career, and besides the biggest scenes are l 'tear. In Gstaad, she was especially able to highlight her musicality, her impeccable diction, whatever the language sung, and its sense of expressiveness, playing on each word, each sentence, each inflection of the score, whether in melancholy and sad compositions or in flamboyant and brilliant pages. She was accompanied on the piano with finesse and tact by Natalia Morozova, a follower of Gstaad since she has been performing there for ten years.
    —  Claudio Poloni  •  Concerto Net

2019

  • Ophélie

    In this ‘Hamlet,’ the Danish prince is proclaimed king

    He was well-matched by his Ophélie, Lisette Oropesa, who melded dramatic sensitivity with a clean, pearly soprano. The technically demanding mad scene, the conclusion to the opera’s broad-strokes depiction of Ophélie’s fragility, was delivered with a delicate effortlessness.
    —  Harry Rose  •  Washington Post
  • Soprano

    Review: Richard Tucker Gala 2019

    This year’s award winner was Lisette Oropesa, who just one day earlier was essaying “Manon” Live in HD at the Metropolitan Opera. Oropesa’s career has been on the rise for quite some time with the soprano conquering Europe in recent years and now doing much the same on this side of the Atlantic. Oropesa opened the night offering an aria from Rossini’s “Tancredi.” The aria “Come dolce all’alma mia” features difficult coloratura runs and a chance to show off a soprano’s virtuosic powers and high notes. It is light and playful but it ultimately doesn’t create the impact that other Rossini arias do, particularly for an opening number of a gala. Oropesa sang the aria with delicacy and a fluid coloratura line that showed her mastery of the vocal style. But it wasn’t really the best display of Oropesa’s powers nor what she could ultimately do with her lyrical voice. She left that for the middle of the program in her “Qui la Voce…Vien diletto” from “I Purtiani.” Here Oropesa started the opening phrase with a piano sound that continuously grew in form and shape with each repetition of “Rendetemi la speme.” The voice grew in size and in expression, showing Elvira’s increasingly agitated state. As the phrase rose to a high note so did Oropesa’s sound, and she eventually descrescendoed to a mere piano that created a haunting effect. In the cabaletta, the soprano sang with precision and exciting tempi. One particularly exciting moment was the phrases “Vien, o caro, all’amore” as she drove the tempo forward during the roulades, creating an unpredictability and excitement that one rarely hears in this aria. During the repetition, Oropesa opted for the “less is more” philosophy with her ornaments. There were sparkling high notes and interpolations that resounded and showed off the soprano’s glittering top register. But ultimately Oropesa was holding off for the final E flat that was effective and resounded throughout the hall. One thing to take note was that Oropesa also chose to sing through the whole Cabaletta instead of doing the traditional cuts in galas; this really allowed the soprano a chance to show different shades of colors. Her final showcase was in the sextet of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Here the ensemble decided to perform from the beginning of the second act scene allowing the performers to showcase their acting abilities. Oropesa got to bring her chemistry with baritone Artur Rucinski, creating a tense moment as she was forced to sign a marriage contract; they were so immersed in the agitation of the moment that the pen flew out of his hands at one point. They showcased raw emotions in their actions and in the famed sextet, it was all about the passionate music. Rucinski and Oropesa’s powerful voices particularly stood out in the ensemble and her final C sharp was impeccable and a great way to cap off the evening.
    —  David Salazar  •  Opera Wire
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    Metropolitan Opera - Manon


    Sep, 2019 - Oct, 2019

    Manon Lescaut

    Metropolitan Opera 2019-20 Review: Manon

    Speaking of Lisette Oropesa, she had a major success in her first Met “Manon.” The title role is a mammoth undertaking and has proven a touchstone role for many famed divas of the past. Moreover, Pelly’s production requires a singer who can also dominate as an actress, navigating the complex world that the director created for the opera and character. There is no denying Oropesa’s vocal purity and assurance and she wove an elegant legato line throughout “Je suis encore tout étourdie,” with the high A naturals at the apex of main melody statement gleaming. It was one of the few times where the speedier tempi worked well with Oropesa’s fierce coloratura, the unpronounced rallentandoes, and even the breezy take on the sixteenth note descents on “Pardonez à mon bavardage” allowing for a portrayal of Manon as a hurricane of energy ready to be unleashed.
    —  David Salazar  •  Opera Wire
  • Soprano

    Uma grande cantora passou pelo Rio

    O melhor da noite ainda estava por vir, e a sequência que encerrou o programa oficial, com a ária Qui la voce e a cabaletta Vien diletto, do segundo ato da ópera I Puritani, de Bellini, recebeu de Oropesa uma interpretação arrebatadora: se a ária foi extremamente musical, a cabaletta foi de arrepiar, com uma demonstração exuberante de agilidade e domínio técnico. Era evidente que estávamos todos diante de uma grande cantora.
    —  Leonardo Marques  •  Movimento
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    Arena di Verona - La traviata


    Jul, 2019 - Aug, 2019

    Violetta Valery

    La Traviata des mythes

    Lisette Oropesa était Violetta, un rôle qu’elle chanta il y a quelques années et qu’elle a interprété l’espace d’un soir à Athènes quelques jours avant, histoire de se le remettre en voix. Ce qui étonne toujours chez Oropesa et qui ravit, c’est d’abord son phrasé italien quasi parfait, son sens de la couleur, l’impeccable contrôle de la voix et la tenue du souffle. On lui a reproché quelquefois une sorte de supériorité de la technique sur l’émotion ; on a au contraire ici l’union d’une technique impeccable et le sens donné à chaque mot, le poids de l’expression (quel deuxième acte ! quelle intensité dans amami Alfredo !) et l’intériorité, un mot étrange dans une représentation devant 15000 personnes, où elle est une petite tache blanche sur l’immensité de la scène. Lisette Oropesa, aux origines cubaines, a une évidente familiarité avec un phrasé latin, et une vraie sensibilité, outre une technique de fer acquise dans la formation américaine. C’est d’emblée une Violetta avec laquelle il va falloir compter, car m’est avis qu’elle va les multiplier. Son Addio del passato est exemplaire, et même sa lecture de la lettre, si claire. Et en plus elle a les notes qu’il faut, dans les agilités (ses gioir du premier acte) comme dans les moments plus lyriques du deuxième (dite alla giovine bouleversant et sans doute aussi décuplé par l’émotion distillée par son partenaire Domingo).
    —  Guy Cherqui  •  Wanderer
  • Violetta Valery

    The triumph of a "Traviata" of smart choices and great protagonists

    Born to the romantic bell-cadet, the 36-year-old lyricist demonstrated her great class: her medium-sized, well-placed, luminous voice - obviously more suited to her more moving last two acts than to her crafty requirements - her huge Roman amphitheater, her aesthetic and the good taste of her song (trillions, ornamentations) constantly reminded the early Verdi's Bell-Candid debts, the stage presence was ethereal, emotional and emotional j with correct passion doses. Athens was lucky enough to enjoy - and rightly so! - a singer who has all the backgrounds (youth, beauty, voice, stage displacement) to shine worldwide in the role of tragic partner!
    —  Eutychios D. Choriatakis  •  Athinorama
  • Amalia

    Les Brigands de Verdi en haut de l’échelle : La Scala triomphe à Savonlinna

    Lisette Oropesa s’attaque au rôle à l’origine conçu pour Jenny Lind (dont le bicentenaire sera sans doute commémoré l’année prochaine en Suède). Ce seul personnage féminin se révèle le plus attentionné de tous. L’Amalia d’Oropesa n’a pas que le cœur sur la main, mais également sa respiration et ses palpitations, qui deviennent pratiquement physiques d’une manière qui évoque le souffle audible d’une Violetta ou d’une Gilda. Oropesa sait profiter au maximum de l’écriture vocale : plus ses coloratures et ses sauts impeccables entre les registres montent vers les niveaux stratosphériques, plus son timbre chaleureux et teinté de mélancolie gagne en beauté et en sûreté. Lorsqu'elle apprend que Carlo est en vie, elle effectue un changement soudain d'intention, touchant à la folie, qui offre un instant irrésistible. Les spectateurs ravis s’unissent pour la récompenser, elle, ses collègues et tout l’orchestre (qui vient sur le plateau), d'une ovation debout.
    —  Andreas Wahlberg  •  Olyrix
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    Teatro alla Scala - I Masnadieri


    May, 2019 - Jul, 2019

    Amalia

    I masnadieri at La Scala — channelling the vitality of Verdi’s opera

    As so often under Pereira, casting was the strongest element here. Lisette Oropesa made a rapturous house debut, investing Amalia with depth, authenticity and allure, and streaming through this fluttering Jenny Lind role with disarming ease. As a result, this usually drab heroine became the production’s unlikely pillar.
    —  James Imam  •  Financial Times
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    Pittsburgh Opera - Don Pasquale


    Apr, 2019 - May, 2019

    Norina

    Review: Pittsburgh Opera revisits silent Hollywood in waggish season finale production

    There are some voices in opera that are so sublimely expressive that they stand out like a Michelangelo fresco in a black and white film. Pittsburgh Opera’s season finale production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” features such a voice. Soprano Lisette Oropesa, no stranger to the Benedum Center stage, was recently granted the prestigious Richard Tucker Award, granted annually to an American singer on the precipice of a dazzling career. Her performance on Saturday showcased impeccable clarity of tone and articulation coupled with exquisite lyricism. Ms. Oropesa, for her part, was enchanting, moving swiftly from coquettish to incendiary as the plot to humble Pasquale coalesces. With her rising prestige confirmed by the Richard Tucker Award (other winners include Renee Fleming and Joyce DiDonato), Ms. Oropesa’s career is likely poised to blossom in the coming seasons.
    —  Jeremy Reynolds  •  Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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    La Monnaie - Robert le Diable


    Mar, 2019 - Apr, 2019

    Isabelle

    Oropesa steelt de show in Robert le Diable

    Alles wat deze Cubaans-Amerikaanse sopraan aanraakt, verandert in goud. In Amsterdam hoorde we haar eerder als een fenomenale Nannetta in Falstaff (De Nationale Opera) en Gilda in Rigoletto (De Nationale Opera en de NTR ZaterdagMatinee). Haar krachtige lyrische sopraan klonk als een warm bad. Oropesa’s eerste aria werd onthaald met langdurig applaus. Haar tweede aria, ‘Robert, toi que j’aime’ in de vierde akte, was een showstopper pur sang. Wat een prachtaria, en wat een prachtsopraan. Trillers, coloraturen, legatolijnen, dictie: alles klopt bij Oropesa. Hopelijk houdt ze het hoofd koel en weet ze zich te hoeden voor rollen die ze wijselijk moet afhouden. Dit is een stem die niet vaak voorkomt heden ten dage.
    —  Lennaert van Anken  •  Place de l'Opera
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    Rodelinda

    Una 'Rodelinda' de lujo en el Liceu

    Un lujo, tanto como el que ofreció el impresionante y auspicio debut de Lisette Oropesa en el papel titular, quien impuso una voz de gran belleza y esmalte, dominio estilístico y sentido teatral, fascinando con las arias a su cargo y poderosa en el ornamento.
    —  Pablo Meléndez-Haddad  •  El Periódico
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2018

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    Gilda

    OPERA/ “Rigoletto” e le camicie nere

    Purissima l’emissione di Lisette Oropesa, una Gilda  che ha letteralmente incantato il pubblico.
    —  Giuseppe Pennisi  •  Il Sussidiario
  • Adina (Elisir)

    À la Bastille, les réjouissants pouvoirs de « L’Élixir d’amour »

    La soprano Lisette Oropesa est en passe de devenir « la petite fiancée d’Amérique » pour le public de l’Opéra de Paris. Expression affectueuse suscitée par son charme juvénile, son jeu pétillant et le bonheur manifeste avec lequel elle exerce son art. Mais qui ne doit pas masquer une exceptionnelle technique vocale, une homogénéité remarquable de la tessiture – aigu cascadant, médium gouleyant et graves qui ne s’en laisse pas compter – et une endurance de marathonienne (ce qu’elle est, au sens propre du terme, par ailleurs) puisqu’elle a enchaîné Les Huguenots et L’Élixir sans faiblir…
    —  Emmanuelle Giuliani  •  La Croix
  • Marguerite de Valois

    Des Huguenots intemporels ressuscitent à l’Opéra Bastille

    Au premier rang d’entre eux figure Lisette Oropesa (Marguerite en lieu et place de Diana Damrau), qui reçoit une véritable ovation lors des saluts finaux. « Je suis musicienne », nous confiait-elle dans l’interview qu’elle nous accordait il y a quelques jours. De fait, pour sa prise de rôle au pied levé, elle fascine le public par sa virtuosité. Sa voix pure et coquettement vibrée reste colorée. Accompagnée des vagues du violoncelle, les pieds dans l’eau, elle laisse écouler avec détachement les vocalises ciselées dans des flux et des reflux nuancés, jusqu’au sein d’un même souffle (les fameux messa di voce). Ses intenses pianissimi ou ses trilles projetés dans des envolées lyriques provoquent un feu d’artifice vocal brûlant tout sur son passage. Mutine et joueuse d’abord, il lui manque ensuite, lorsque le drame se noue sous ses yeux, l’autorité souveraine et la royale colère qui marqueraient plus nettement l’évolution du personnage.
    —  Damien Dutilleul  •  Olyrix
  • Gilda

    Verona: una “Trilogia popolare” ammantata di stelle

    Gilda è il soprano statunitense Lisetta Oropesa, reduce dal recente successo in Adina al Rossini Opera Festival, che stupisce per plasticità di modulazione e pulizia del fraseggio.
    —  Matteo Pozzato  •  Le Salon Musicale
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    Rossini Opera Festival - Adina


    Jul, 2018 - Aug, 2018

    Adina

    Adina nel Paese delle Meraviglie al Rof

    Festeggiatissimi dal pubblico tutti gli interpreti alle prese con parti vocali di grande virtuosismo a partire da Lisette Oropesa, da molti considerata la rivelazione di questa edizione del Rof
    —  Alessandra Massi  •  Ansa.it
  • Soprano

    Rof, il concerto di Lisette Oropesa incanta il pubblico

    PESARO – Meditativa prima, poi appassionata, frizzante, esuberante, scatenata, travolgente, incontenibile. Lisette Oropesa, soprano statunitense nata a New Orleans, in Luisiana, dove si respira cultura europea, soprattutto francese, è stata protagonista di uno dei concerti più memorabili nella storia del Rossini Opera Festival, che pure nei suoi 39 anni di momenti indimenticabili ne ha vissuti un’infinità. Mancava un concerto come quello della protagonista di Adina che non ha tradito le grandi attese.
    —  Luciano Murgia  •  pu24.it
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    Teatro Real - Lucia di Lammermoor


    May, 2018 - Jul, 2018

    Lucia

    El Teatro Real enloquece con 'Lucia di Lammermoor'

    La locura de la protagonista, interpretada por la soprano estadounidense de ascendencia cubana Lisette Oropesa, se ha trasladado al público del coliseo madrileño, que ha roto en aplausos y en gritos de \"brava\" en el culmen de su enajenación.
    —  Europa Press  •  Europa Press
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    LA Opera - Rigoletto


    Apr, 2018 - May, 2018

    Gilda

    BWW Review: RIGOLETTO at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

    Lisette Oropesa was a truly magnificent Gilda. She portrayed her character's girlishness, innocence, and obsessive love. Her voice was clear and bell-like, especially above the staff. Her "Caro Nome" ("Dear name") was most impressive with its radiant, silvery tones and tasteful decoration. Amazingly, she finished the main part of her aria, climbed a long flight of stairs, and immediately began the trill that ends the scene. Twentieth century operagoers told tales of the legendary Erna Berger and her long trills. Twenty-first century patrons may have their own legend-in-the-making with Oropesa. She definitely is a singer to watch.
    —  Maria Nockin  •  Broadway World
  • Euridice

    BWW Review: ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

    Dressed in white with a billowing cape as the deceased Eurydice, Lisette Oropesa looked and moved like one of the dancers. Her sounds were liquid silver and she seemed to be an amazingly graceful creature from another world. She sang through a veil at times, but it never marred the focus of her sound. My only thought was that her part was too short.
    —  Maria Nockin  •  Broadway World
  • Soprano

    Lisette Oropesa sings at Tucson Desert Song Festival

    Leonard Bernstein’s 1949 “Two Love Songs” tell of a love that is stronger than life and can weld two souls together so that they sing a single melody. Oropesa’s butter cream tones were completely unified with Borowitz’s shimmering melodic strains. She finished the first half of the recital with an exquisite rendition of the “Vocalise” that Camille Saint-Saens wrote on a visit to Egypt in 1901. It is a wonderful text-free song that allows the coloratura to use some of her most intricate and difficult maneuvers. For Oropesa, it was a pièce de résistance.
    —  Maria Nockin  •  Opera Today
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    Dew Fairy

    , Gretel

    Met’s colorful, if gruesome, “Hansel and Gretel” returns with its seasonal “magic”

    Soprano Lisette Oropesa as Gretel sang with slimmed-down, girlish tone in the early scenes, limiting her projection of words and emotions, but found her dramatic mojo (and piercing high notes) in the climactic final act.
    —  David Wright  •  New York Classical Review

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    Teatro Real - Rigoletto


    Nov, 2015 - Dec, 2015

    Gilda

    Crítica: 'Triunfo De Gilda'. 'Rigoletto' En El Teatro Real, Con Salsi, Oropesa Y Demuro

    Notable la encarnación de Lisette Oropesa, una voz de lírico-ligera con cuerpo,  impecablemente proyectada, bien colocada y correctamente apoyada sobre el aire. Buena la coloratura como pudo comprobarse en una brillante interpretación del “Caro nome” culminada por un trino largo y de buena factura. Estupendo también fue el mi bemol del final de la vendetta. Cierto es que el timbre no es especialmente bello ni singular y que a alguno de los filados que prodigó le faltó un punto de firmeza y posición, pero estamos, sin duda, ante una soprano con los papeles en regla, con control sobre su instrumento, sobre la intensidad del sonido, la respiración y los resortes del canto. Eso sí, en el aspecto interpretativo no es un prodigio de expresividad.
    —  Raúl Chamorro Mena  •  Codalario
  • Gilda

    MÜNCHEN/ Bayerische Staatsoper: RIGOLETTO

    Für die erkrankte Patricia Petibon übernahm dankenswerterweise kurzfristig Lisette Oropesa die Rolle der Gilda, die sie mit ihrem vollen, leuchtenden, farbenreichen Sopran sehr schön darbot.
    —  Martina Bogner  •  Online Merker
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    Opera Philadelphia - La traviata


    Sep, 2015 - Oct, 2015

    Violetta Valery

    LA TRAVIATA (Opera Philadelphia): A stunning new design and a stellar new Violetta

    ...and the outstanding Oropesa brings psychological depth and emotional expressiveness to her sympathetic character, ranging from–and equally masterful at–the ebullient bel canto and decorative coloratura of Act I to the scaled-down drama and poignancy of Act III.
    —  Debra Miller  •  phindie
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  • Susanna

    ‘Figaro’ in the shadows at S.F. Opera

    Soprano Lisette Oropesa was a superb Susanna, singing with both delicacy and quick-witted allure. Her duet with the Count at the beginning of Act 3, in which Susanna pretends to be willing to accept his advances, was a particular high point.
    —  Joshua Kosman  •  SFGate
  • Marie

    Review: Superb music, well-acted comedy make 'Daughter of the Regiment' a standout

    Soprano Lisette Oropesa's Marie was a triumph at the Benedum Center, utterly winning in both the role's vocal challenges and the physical demands of Curran's staging. Her voice is wonderfully suited to the role, warm and rounded in tone but also pure, and sparkling in coloratura. “The Song of the Regiment” started with a lovely vocal flourish, then proceeded with irresistible elan. Oropesa proved a master of physical comedy throughout, especially in a dance lesson Curran interpolates during the orchestra entr'acte after intermission. In the first act, we meet Tonio, Marie's guy, who joins the regiment to be with her. But at the end of that act the Marquise of Berkenfeld claims Marie as her “niece.” The second act takes place at the castle of the Marquise, who is providing Marie with lessons to add refinement appropriate for an arranged aristocratic marriage. The choreography for the four dancers gives Marie klutzy moves right out of a routine by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Oropesa offered a perfect lesson in comic gestures and timing.
    —  Mark Kanny  •  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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    Susanna

    Opera Ends Season With Figaro's High Note

    As Susanna, Lisette Oropesa pulls of the the notable aria “Venite, inginocchiatevi “ (“Come, kneel down before me”) perfectly. However, Oropesa’s best moments come through her mastery of the physical humor so prevalent in the play. She executes slapstick with the skill of Charlie Chaplin and keeps the audience laughing so hard that the music occasionally feels like lagniappe. Kudos must be given the blocking in the work.
    —  Michael Martin  •  NOLA Defender
  • Soprano

    'St. John Passion,' Rising Stars concert lifts voices and hearts

    Lisette Oropesa brought her limpid, plaintively expressive voice to the two soprano arias.
    —  John von Rhein  •  Chicago Tribune
  • Gilda

    Oropesa’s Gilda steelt show in Rigoletto

    De show werd echter gestolen door Rigoletto’s dochter Gilda, vertolkt door de Amerikaanse sopraan Lisette Oropesa (vorig seizoen Nanetta in Falstaff bij De Nationale Opera). In haar stemgeluid lagen zowel een warme laagte als een glanzende hoogte besloten, en haar vocale acrobatiek was indrukwekkend. Vooral indrukwekkend was haar ‘Caro Nome’, dat in eerste instantie voortijdig moest worden afgebroken omdat iemand in de zaal onwel werd. Ze eindigde de aria met een prachtige triller waar maar geen eind aan leek te komen.
    —  Laura Roling  •  Place de l'Opera
  • Konstanze

    Parigi - Opéra Garnier: Il ratto dal serraglio

    Ben affiatato anche il duo protagonista, con Lisette Oropesa nel ruolo di Konstanze in luogo della prevista Albina Shagimuratova. Anche lei soprano ancora giovane, al suo debutto a Parigi ma già Konstanze alla Staatsoper di Monaco, la Oropesa è stata premiata dal pubblico grazie a una prova molto convincente. Elegante e misurata in scena come si conviene al personaggio, ha persuaso per la sua capacità di mettere in rilievo anche nel canto gli stati d’animo, ora malinconici, ora rapiti, ora sdegnati che la parte prevede. Da ciò l’ottimo effetto di Welcher Wechsel herrscht in meiner Seele, sospirosa e malinconica, da ragazza più che da donna infelice nella voce della Oropesa, seguita da Marten aller Arten, cantata con accenti incisivi e appassionata recitazione. 
    —  Lorenzo De Vecchi  •  Opera Click

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