Winter NewsletterLa Scala, Chicago Symphony, Palau de les Arts, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real  Click here for the video! Hello friends and welcome if you are a new follower! I have been overwhelmed at the reception to my Fall 2021 performances, and am so grateful for the support, more than ever. This winter we have some exciting debuts ahead and I’d be happy to see you at any performance you can make it to! First off, La Scala! Five performances of a new role, Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which is also my first role by Bellini! Following those performances I’m delighted to return to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for several concerts of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Then I’ll sing piano recitals in Valencia and Vienna, followed by a reprise of Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Wiener Staatsoper. To finish off the month of March and start April, I’m singing a solo concert with Orchestra in Madrid and one in Moscow, a new city for me. Though we remain in a period of uncertainty, I’m hopeful that we can move forward together and look forward to a fruitful spring! |
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Upcoming Performances I Capuleti e i MontecchiTeatro alla Scala Giulietta The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and their forbidden love has inspired countless versions, from opera to cinema. Among the most evocative is that by Vincenzo Bellini, one of the most infrequently performed bel canto composers. I Capuleti e i Montecchi returns to La Scala in a new production conducted by Speranza Scappucci and marking the debut of Adrian Noble, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company for thirteen years. The cast features some of the most outstanding contemporary Bellini voices. January 18, 21, 23, 30 and February 02 Teatro alla Scala Milano, MI  PerformanceChicago Symphony Orchestra Soprano Riccardo Muti conducts 4 performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Chicago. February 24, 25, 26, 27 Chicago Symphony Center Chicago, IL  RecitalCompany Soprano Lisette Oropesa and Ruben Fernández Aguirre continue their collaboration with a recital in Valencia. March 05 Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia, ES  RecitalWiener Staatsoper Soprano Lisette and Ruben Fernández Aguirre switch up their program of Spanish music to give a concert with a variety of musical styles with more emphasis on German lied and French music. Composers such as Fauré, Strauss, Schumann and Schubert will be represented. March 09 Wiener Staatsoper Wien, AT Die Entführung aus dem SerailWiener Staatsoper Konstanze Lisette returns to the Wiener Staatsoper to reprise her role as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. March 12, 15, 19, 22 Wiener Staatsoper Wien, AT  Voces del RealTeatro Real Soprano Lisette returns to the Teatro Real to give an exclusive look and a concert performance of many tracks that will be on her upcoming French bel canto album, together with Maestro Corrado Rovaris, this event will prove to be a major highlight. March 30 Teatro Real Madrid, ES |
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FeaturesOpera Charm Magazine - Cover storyInterview  I am so grateful to Bianca L. Nica for taking with me the latest issue of Opera Charm Magazine and putting together this beautiful cover story! |
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ReviewsAgentle diva, Oropesa, who seems to be pervaded by a light, elegant and aristocratic grace without being distant, incisive as an interpreter without ever being affected and, above all, without sacrificing spontaneity. The timbre is really beautiful in color and roundness, the voice is full-bodied in the centers and gradually softer and more mellow in the passage up to bright highs, which really fill the room. Moreover, the singing is always excellently projected, the technique is superb (the trills are wonderful), the phrasing is elegant and cared for, the nuances are remarkable. — Fabio Larovere • Conessi all'Opera
I cannot remember when I last saw the entire audience at the Royal Opera House rise to their feet to applaud a singer, but rarely can a full-house standing ovation have been better merited than the one given to Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa on the opening night of Verdi’s La Traviata on 27 October. This singer has everything: a beautiful voice, flexible enough to convey great extremes of emotion, superb acting ability, and the ability to dominate the stage and captivate the audience totally. Even more remarkably, this was the 17th revival of Richard Eyre’s glorious 1994 production of Verdi’s most popular opera, yet thanks to Oropesa’s stunning performance, it looked fresher than ever. — William Hartston • Daily Express
Lisette Oropesa is a well-rounded protagonist: hers is a well-sung Theodora, ecstatic, virginal, at the same time fearful and resolute, as ready to follow the dictates of her religion as she is willing to save the innocent Didymus from unjust condemnation. The execution of the prison scene, "Oh thou bright sun ... With darkness deep as is my woe", thanks to the close dialogue with the conductor and the orchestra, and the final duet with Didimo "Streams of pleasure ... Thither let our hearts aspire ". — Martino Pinali • Opera Click
In the title role, Lisette Oropesa offered a straightforward sincerity and innocence. Oropesa’s voice is a perfect fit for the character, pure and unforced but with enough fullness to bloom in Handel’s long legato lines. As always, her vocal technique was a marvel, with perfectly integrated registers and fluent command of Handelian ornamentation. Her Act 2 prison scene was the highlight of the evening, marrying endless lines of pearly sound with disarming sincerity. As her lover Didymus, the young French countertenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian sang with a beautiful, rich tone and excellent coloratura, particularly in his opening aria. His plummy sound, though, wasn’t ideally matched with Oropesa’s silvery purity in the final duet, and his English suffered in comparison to his Anglophone cast-mates. — Kevin W Ng • Bachtrack
She once again demonstrated the great versatility of her voice, capable of tackling new genres and interpreting them brilliantly. Or one would have to say, overwhelming. Her vocal qualities are evident. There is nothing in the score, or outside of it, that she can resist. She maintains exceptional high notes and extreme high notes, with a homogeneous center and very consistent low register. And one of her greatest qualities, taking into account her lightness, is a more than appreciable volume of voice. She uses legato and middle voice to perfection. She maintains her good diction impeccable and manages the trust with brilliance and generosity. — Brío Clásica
Perhaps the great harmony and collaboration that exists between these two theaters led to the event, which will always remain in our memory as an extraordinary event of vocal beauty, expressiveness and melodic enthusiasm. Her voice, used to be light, now already has a considerable lyrical touch, has been tanned in the best stages of the world with special ease for coloratura and facing roles of enormous importance and difficulty. But here she came defending a program all in Spanish, by dint of songs and zarzuela romances from both sides of the Atlantic, taking her Cuban origins and her Spanish passion to the limit in an unprecedented recital. — Juan José Roldán • El Correo
In the post concert, radiant with the final standing ovation given by the Ravello audience, she confided that she was impatient to make his debut at La Scala and happy to have given a taste of what it will be with the interpretation of one of the most complex arias of I Capuleti ei Montecchi and that is Here I am in happy dress. "Oh! quante volte, oh quante!" from Act I of Bellini's opera. — Postiano News
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Reflections While this winter continues to surprise us with unpleasant and often painful circumstances, it comforts me to know that I’m not alone in feeling the consequences. The stress and anxiety that comes with singing and performing regularly has multiplied during this pandemic, sometimes to intolerable levels for many artists including myself. Reflecting on the emotional toll alone, sometimes I feel like my work is trivial and not really essential for the function of the world as we know it. I get a sense of “what’s the point?” But then inevitably, before long I’m reminded (often by someone like YOU) that it not only means something and is essential, music is vital to a happy and healthy life! It makes me feel blessed to know that I can play a small part in the comfort of a fellow human being. If that person smiles because of something I put out into the world, then my work has fulfilled its purpose! I’ll continue to remember this as we move forward in these next unpredictable weeks. |
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