Fly me to the moon Fly me to the moon

Lisette Oropesa has announced she will sing Norma “in the future.”

By on September 13, 2023 at 7:00 AM
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La traviata La traviata

In this video from 2015, soprano Lisette Oropesa makes her role debut as Violetta in a new production of Verdi’s La traviata at the Academy of Music.

By on June 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia di Lammermoor

Evelino Pidò leads Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim and George Petean in this live broadcast from the Vienna State Opera.

By on April 24, 2022 at 10:00 AM
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I will remember you I will remember you

Only time can tell if some performances enter the collective opera memory, if such a thing even exists, as “historical”

By on January 25, 2022 at 10:24 AM
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Theodora Theodora

A concert performance featuring Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres, with Il Pomo d’Oro Choir and Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.

By on November 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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Shade in the shadow Shade in the shadow

Ombra Compagna, out today on Pentatone, spotlights Lisette Oropesa  in 10 of Mozart’s most challenging concert arias accompanied by Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Antonello Manacorda.

By on May 07, 2021 at 9:00 AM
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Sparkle, Lisette, sparkle! Sparkle, Lisette, sparkle!

Opera Philadelphia Channel invites viewers to revisit a 2015 production of La Traviata, captured on the Academy of Music stage, that’s notable for Lisette Oropesa’s debut as Violetta Valéry.

By on January 25, 2021 at 9:00 AM
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail Die Entführung aus dem Serail

With Christian Nickel, Lisette Oropesa, Emanuela von Frankenberg, Regula Mühlemann, Stella Roberts, Goran Juric, Andreas Grötzinger, Daniel Behle, Christian Natter, Michael Laurenz, Ludwig Blochberger.

By on October 12, 2020 at 11:18 AM
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I masnadieri I masnadieri

A recent I Masnadieri with risen stars Lisette Oropesa and Russell Thomas.

By on August 27, 2020 at 12:00 PM
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The three faces of Lisette The three faces of Lisette

The season’s second cast delivered a satisfying, if not transcendent, La Traviata at the Met last night as they struggled to emerge from piles of jewel tone brocade and gold filigree.

By on February 27, 2020 at 4:28 PM
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The Coronation of Lisette The Coronation of Lisette

Sunday’s Richard Tucker Gala at Carnegie Hall was unusually satisfying despite a less than usually superstarry line-up.

By on October 28, 2019 at 11:28 AM
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Broadcast: I Masnadieri Broadcast: I Masnadieri

The opening night of a new production of Verdi’s opera (plus Lisette Oropesa‘s La Scala debut!) will be broadcast live starting at 2:00 PM.

By on June 18, 2019 at 12:41 PM
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Gold rush Gold rush

The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Lisette Oropesa as the winner of the 14th annual Beverly Sills Artist Award.

By on May 07, 2019 at 3:17 PM
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I want to take you higher I want to take you higher

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation announced today that Lisette Oropesa has been named as the winner of the 2019 Richard Tucker Award.

By on April 08, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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Lost soul Lost soul

Lisette Oropesa sang “The Lost One”—the meaning of “traviata.”

By on October 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM
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Married to the mobcap Married to the mobcap

I have an idea (soon to be angrily debunked in the comments section) that Le nozze di Figaro is rarely a source of unalloyed bliss to the chronic operagoer.

By on June 16, 2015 at 9:00 AM
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Our retrospection will now be all to the future Our retrospection will now be all to the future

La Cieca predicts you won’t be seeing any puritans at the Met next season, except of course for the ones who slouch around during intermission hissing, “You call that a trill?”

By on October 22, 2012 at 2:18 PM
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