Matching him in all respects was the Lucia of Lisette Oropesa. She excelled in all aspects of the role (the rigours of which were made more severe in this production by the fact that she is onstage for practically the entire duration), acting affectingly throughout, dispatching the ornamentation fearlessly and with a security one very rarely experiences. Most affecting of all was her pianissimo singing at the start of ‘Alfin son tua’: a feat of vocal daring that had the entire house in hushed awe.

—  Roger Parker  •  Opera Magazine

Lisette Oropesa, making her Royal Opera debut, is a revelation as Lucia. She acts with conviction, hits the notes deadcentreand controls the dynamics. Her “mad scene” is 20 minutes of exquisite devastation.

—  Nick Kimberly  •  Evening Standard

Best of all, however, was the performance of Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa in the title role which was simply sensational.

In fact, it is one of the best performances I have ever seen at Covent Garden. Her crisp, clear voice added to true dramatic acting ability make her perfect for the role, with her high notes particularly piercing and effective and her soft notes even more gripping.

Her performance in the mad scene was particularly riveting and even silenced the usual coughing from the audience.

—  William Hartston  •  Sunday Express

Perhaps no one did a more fantastic job at playing to this tonal flexibility than Lisette Oropesa, her entire interpretation walking this line beautifully. Physically she was fully committed to arguably the most demanding of roles in this particular opera. We always felt she was a young girl just from looking at her. From her extremely acting facial expressions to her prancing about, even in the darkest of times. Seeing her fool around while the witch was attempting to control her elicited a tremendous amount of laughs.

—  David Salazar  •  Opera Wire