Interview - Concierto Desorden

“Authenticity and transparency”, with Lisette Oropesa

The podcast is in Spanish. The quotes below are our English translations.

On 20 October, in the middle of rehearsals for I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Lisette joined Gonzalo Lahoz for a live recording of Concierto Desorden in the Sala del Coro of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, in front of a full house of Amics del Liceu. They talk about Bellini's Giulietta, why bel canto asks so much with so few notes, studying with Renata Scotto, her upcoming Norma in Madrid with Javier Camarena, and what silence means to a singer. Thank you to Gonzalo and to Amics del Liceu for a wonderful evening.

“The less there is to sing, the harder it is, sometimes. If the phrase is four notes, you have four notes to give everything.”

Lisette Oropesa, Concierto Desorden

“What I bring on stage, even if it comes out perfect, is not perfect. It is something authentic, which is what matters.”

Lisette Oropesa, Concierto Desorden

“You have to study it, because it teaches you to sing. Handel, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, all of it has bel canto technique as its foundation.”

Lisette Oropesa, on Renata Scotto's advice about bel canto

“For us, silence is medicine.”

Lisette Oropesa, Concierto Desorden

Listen to the full episode in Spanish on Spotify → It is also on Apple Podcasts.