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I had a great time speaking with Robin Miller from The Advocate about returning home to Baton Rouge for a concert with Opera Louisiane!
"I miss the coffee," she said. "I miss the food. There's nothing like it. I get so spoiled by just going to the grocery store when I go home. The fact that you can get all these chili sauces and Mexican foods that are properly made. And then you come to Europe, and you can't find it. They have a totally different cuisine."
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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.
Lisette speaks to Platea Magazine about her upcoming Zarzuela Concerts
Lisette Oropesa interviewed in The Advocate
Outside on the patio at the Santa Fe Opera, Spencer Beckwith talks with the 29-year-old Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa.
:format(webp)/https://lisetteoropesa.com/media/news/gramophone-editors-choice-2025.jpg "Lucia di Lammermoor selected as Gramophone editors choice album for December 2025")
:format(webp)/https://lisetteoropesa.com/media/news/fauteuils-d-orchestre-2025.jpg "Lisette Oropesa in Fauteuils d'orchestre")
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:format(webp)/https://lisetteoropesa.com/media/gallery/2021/royal-opera-house-la-traviata/05-lisette-oropesa-liparit-avetisyan.jpg "Lisette speaks to Platea Magazine about her upcoming Zarzuela Concerts")
:format(webp)/https://lisetteoropesa.com/media/news/the-advocate-article-2019.jpg "Lisette Oropesa interviewed in The Advocate")
:format(webp)/https://lisetteoropesa.com/media/gallery/2013/santa-fe-opera-marriage-of-figaro/07-lisette-oropesa.jpg "Lisette Oropesa in Marriage of Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera")