Lisette interviewed in YLE Finland
Lisette is interviewed for the Finnish YLE
Music by
Massimiliano | Michele Pertusi | |
Carlo | Fabio Sartori | |
Francesco | Massimo Cavalletti | |
Amalia | Lisette Oropesa | |
Moser | Alessandro Spina | |
Arminio | Francesco Pittari | |
Rolla | Matteo Desole | |
Schiller | Claudio Pellegrini |
The robbers are back on the programme again after a long time in hiding. Once again the irresistible music steamrolls the idealistic social criticism of Schiller’s play. Our attention is caught by the bickering brothers vying for the attention of their father and the cute soprano. But oh dear: the father and the nasty brother go mad, the nice brother ends up a robber and the soprano gets killed. Verdi wrote the soprano role for star coloratura Jenny Lind, which explains the breath-taking vocal acrobatics.
The legendary La Scala, Milan was Verdi’s own opera house and it still stands in a league of its own in the operatic world. The production of I masnadieri directed by David McVicar will just have been premiered in summer 2019 when it comes in Savonlinna.
The La Scala visit has been made possible by a substantial grant by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
The visit is also sponsored by LocalTapiola and Andritz.
INFO
15.7. PREMIERE
17.7. & 20.7.2019 AT 19
Sung in Italian.
Finnish and English surtitles
Duration about 2,5 hours. One interval.
Cast includes: Michele Pertusi, Fabio Sartori, Massimo Cavalletti, Alessandro Spina
Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala
Lisette is interviewed for the Finnish YLE
Lisette Oropesa on the cover of Opera News, June 2019
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
Lisette has given 14 performances as Amalia.