Interview - RAC1

Lisette Oropesa on RAC1, a week before I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Liceu

The interview is in Spanish and Catalan. The quotes below are our English translations.

A week before opening night of I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Lisette stopped by the RAC1 studio in Barcelona for Via lliure, on her way to a full costume rehearsal with orchestra. She talks about the last days before a premiere, Bellini's Giulietta, and the Liceu orchestra.

“I have sung several Bellini roles, and they are all completely different. Almost all of them demand much more coloratura, more agility, singing fast, singing with a lot of emotion, a lot of force, fireworks. But this one is much more lunar.”

Lisette Oropesa, on Giulietta

“I was open-mouthed. I was completely impressed by the color and the musicality of this orchestra. It is as if I were hearing the opera for the first time.”

Lisette Oropesa, on the first orchestra rehearsal at the Liceu

Listen to the full interview in Spanish and Catalan at RAC1 →