WQED FM 89.3 Interview with Lisette Oropesa and Jim Cunningham
Soprano Lisette Oropesa discusses the upcoming October 4-6, 2013 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
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Among the many highlights next season are the PSO debuts of 10 exciting guest soloists: pianists Yulianna Avdeeva, Daniil Trifonov, Till Fellner, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Michel Camilo and Robert Levin, violinist Ye-Eun Choi, soprano Lisette Oropesa, tenor Andrey Nemzer, and The Tallis Scholars, dubbed by The New York Times as “the rock stars of Renaissance vocal music.”
The first subscription weekend features Orff’s Carmina Burana, one of the most recognizable and popular pieces of classical music, and the world premiere of Stock’s Symphony No. 6. The concert will feature Oropesa, making her PSO debut, as well as Nemzer, baritone Hugh Russell, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, directed by Betsy Burleigh.
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Soprano Lisette Oropesa discusses the upcoming October 4-6, 2013 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra concerts from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
She, for her part used her light, clear sound effectively, with no signs of strain up to high D in the climactic passage.
— Robert Croan • Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Lisette has given 114 performances as Soprano.