Thank you to Elise Saloom from In Register Magazine for catching up with me about my upcoming CD, Ombra Compagna, and what I've been doing during these Covid times.
Oropesa’s favorite aria is “Ah, lo previdi,” the emotional center of the album and the inspiration for the album title. It tells the story of a woman whose lover dies before her very eyes. She says she wants to follow him into the underworld as an “ombra compagna”—a companion ghost
“It’s this gorgeous, heartbreaking, amazing music that has a really special quality only Mozart can do,” says Oropesa. “I thought that was the most moving music in the album, and that’s why I thought it would be a good title.”
