Lisette Oropesa

Vocalists — Soprano

• Manager: William G. Guerri, Michael Benchetrit
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Soprano Lisette Oropesa made a superb company debut as Romilda, the object of both royal brothers' affection, her singing bright and preciseand her phrasing eloquently to the point. —As Romilda in XERXES with San Francisco Opera, Joshua Kosman, The San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2011

"Mozart put some of his most taxing vocal writing in Seraglio, including two arias for Konstanze the mournful Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose and the defiant Martern aller Arten one after the other in Act II. Oropesa handled both with blistering power and assurance, as well as a range of vocal colors and emotional shadings. She is one to watch." —As Konstanze in DIE ENTFHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL at Tanglewood Music Festival, David Weininger, The Boston Globe, July 26, 2010

The soprano Lisette Oropesa, 24, a winner of the Mets National Council Auditions in 2005 and currently in the companys Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, took over the role. Before Tuesday, she had sung microscopic roles in Met productions of Idomeneo and Suor Angelica. Ms. Oropesas last-minute elevation turns out to be a more interesting story than a pregnant Susanna. She proved a vocally and physically agile Susanna, with an attractively silky, flexible timbre. Her fine comic instincts and cheerfully bright sound put her in command of the stage during much of the first two acts. But she conveyed emotional depth too, most notably in her moving, dark-hued account of Deh vieni, non tardar in the final act. Putting Ms. Oropesa in a cast that already included Erwin Schrott, a youthful Uruguayan bass, as Figaro, was a smart move: this nine-year-old Jonathan Miller production, now stage-directed by Robin Guarino, has worked best when the casts are not only vocally commanding, but young and trim as well. —As Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO at the Metropolitan Opera, The New York Times, October 4, 2007

About

Soprano Lisette Oropesa has been hailed by The New York Times as an artist with a magnetic stage presence, and an attractively silky, and flexible timbre.

The 2011-12 season sees her debut with the San Francisco Opera as Romilda in Xerxes, followed by Miranda in the new Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island with the Metropolitan Opera (conducted by William Christie), Konstanze in Die Entfhrung aus dem Serail with Pittsburgh Opera and Ismene in a revival of Mitridate, r di Ponto with the Bayerische Staatsoper.

Last season, Ms. . . .more Oropesa appeared as Woglinde, in the much anticipated new production of Das Rheingold, directed by Robert Lepage and conducted by James Levine. Ms. Oropesa also performed Amor in Orfeo ed Euricide for the Metropolitan Opera, and covered the role of Norina in Don Pasquale. Later in the season, she premiered a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich) as Ismene in Mozarts Mitridate, r di Ponto. Ms. Oropesa also returned to the New Orleans Opera, in her home state of Louisiana, for her first ever performances of Lela in Les Pcheurs de Perles.

In recent seasons she has returned to the Metropolitan Opera for performances of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, a role she first performed at the Met (to great acclaim) in the 2007-08 season. Ms. Oropesa made three notable European debuts, performing a new role at each theater: Konstanze in Mozarts Die Entfhrung aus dem Serail at Welsh National Opera; Nannetta in Falstaff in Bilbao, Spain; and Fiorilla in Rossinis Il turco in Italia at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In concert, she made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra as the soprano soloist in Carmina Burana. She finished the season with a concert version of Die Entfhrung aus dem Serail with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival, followed by concerts of Le Nozze di Figaro at the Ravinia Festival, conducted by James Conlon.

Ms. Oropesa is a graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. While at the Met, she performed a variety of roles, including the role of Lisette in La Rondine, Woglinde in Das Rheingold and Gtterdmmerung, as well as the Waldvogel in Siegfried, conducted by James Levine. Additionally, she performed BrahmsLiebeslieder Waltzer at Weill Recital Hall-Carnegie Hall with James Levine and Daniel Barenboim at the piano.

Other notable engagements include Lucia di Lammermoor with Opera New Jersey and Gilda in Rigoletto with Arizona Opera.

Ms. Oropesa has won numerous awards and competitions including the 2009 Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grant, the 2005 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the First Place award presented by the Gerda Lissner Foundation, and the Licia Albanese Puccini Competition, as well as a George London Award. She was the recipient of a Sarah Tucker study grant in 2007. At Plcido Domingos Operalia Competition in the summer of 2007 in Paris, she won the Zarzuela Award as well as winning third place in the general competition. Additionally, she is also the recipient of a 2008 Sullivan Foundation Award.

Ms. Oropesa received her bachelors degree in vocal performance from Louisiana State University.

Updated September 2011

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