Lisette speaks to Platea Magazine about her upcoming Zarzuela Concerts

Thank you so much to Platea Magazine for talking with me about my upcoming Zarzuela concert in Madrid and Seville!

Where does your love for zarzuela come from?

Directly from my grandparents, first of all, because they were great lovers of the genre. In Cuba there is a zarzuela theater that is very popular and when my grandparents lived there, they went frequently. They also had a record collection at home. Also, my mother, who was a singer and still sings beautifully, was always singing her zarzuelas, handwritten scores. The penalty of zarzuela is that there is not much music in print, commercialized, with critical editions that can be studied and shared. It's a shame, because I think it's one of the main reasons why this beautiful music is hardly sung outside of Spain, not even in America. But at the same time it is beautiful to see how our grandparents, our parents, wrote it by hand to be able to sing it. 

Lisette Oropesa Portrait
Lisette Oropesa

Lyric coloratura soprano Lisette Oropesa is one of the most in-demand artists on the stages of the world, performing at leading opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, and Opéra National de Paris.

Upcoming Performances
Manon

Opernhaus Zürich

Sept. 24, 27 , Oct. 03, 07, 10

La traviata

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Oct. 17

Roméo et Juliette

Staatsoper Unter den Linden

Oct. 26, 29 , Nov. 01, 06

La traviata

Bayerische Staatsoper

Nov. 11, 14, 16, 20