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Carmina Burana
Houston Symphony

Houston welcomes the Colombian Youth Philharmonic as they join their Principal Guest Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, world-renowned soloists, the musicians of the Houston Symphony, the Houston Symphony Chorus, the Houston Children’s Chorus and select Houston-area high school choral students for a spectacular side-by-side performance of Carl Orff’s epic Carmina Burana featuring 325 musicians on an extended Jones Hall stage. The festive songs of Carmina Burana celebrate love, feasting and merriment with wild abandon, all the while acknowledging the ever-turning wheel of fortune.

July 17th and 18th, 2015
Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana St #102, Houston, TX 77002

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Concert
Skaneateles Festival

Experience the glamour and drama of the Metropolitan Opera as international opera star Lisette Oropesa and musicians from the Metropolitan Opera orchestra take the stage for some of opera’s greatest hits, followed by a new arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s magical Fourth Symphony.

August 14th
First Presbyterian Church, 97 E Genesee St, Skaneateles, NY 13152

Bizet:
Chanson d'Avril 
Chant d'amour
Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe
Ouvre ton coeur

August 15th
Brook Farm, 2870 W Lake Rd Skaneateles, NY 13152

Handel: Piangero la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare
Mozart: Deh vieni from The Marriage of Figaro
Donizetti: Chacun le sait from La Fille du Regiment
Verdi: Sempre libera from La Traviata
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (arr. Klaus Simon)

 

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Le Nozze di Figaro Highlights
Highlight reel

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Opera in the Ballpark
San Francisco Opera
Susanna

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N.O. Opera closes season with appealing ‘Marriage of Figaro’ • Apr. 12, 2015

“As Susanna, Figaro’s bride-to-be, Louisiana-born and -raised Lisette Oropesa was taking on one of the most demanding roles in the soprano repertoire. Being in nearly every scene of a long opera can pose a serious challenge to a singer, but Oropesa rose to it. In her arias as well as in duets and ensemble pieces, Oropesa offered a fine display of vocal versatility, from the lilting coloratura of a young woman in love to the confusion and anger of the object of the lascivious intentions of her overlord, Count Almaviva.”

Thomas Hammon • New Orleans Advocate

Superb music, well-acted comedy make 'Daughter of the Regiment' a standout • May 3, 2015

“Soprano Lisette Oropesa's Marie was a triumph at the Benedum Center, utterly winning in both the role's vocal challenges and the physical demands of Curran's staging. Her voice is wonderfully suited to the role, warm and rounded in tone but also pure, and sparkling in coloratura. “The Song of the Regiment” started with a lovely vocal flourish, then proceeded with irresistible elan.

Oropesa proved a master of physical comedy throughout, especially in a dance lesson Curran interpolates during the orchestra entr'acte after intermission. In the first act, we meet Tonio, Marie's guy, who joins the regiment to be with her. But at the end of that act the Marquise of Berkenfeld claims Marie as her “niece.””

Mark Kanny • Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Figaro Charms in Well-Cast S.F. Opera Revival • June 16, 2015

“Lisette Oropesa is a charming Susanna. Her voice has a gorgeous delicate quality to it but still has volume. Her "Deh vieni, non tardar" was unstrained and she managed to do a perfect martial arts flip of Figaro when she loses her temper with him later in the act.”

Charlise Tiee • San Francisco Classical Voice

I keep finding myself "saving" my favorite things for special occasions.  Why don't I wear my favorite earrings, drink my favorite wine, or eat my favorite chocolate today?  What am I waiting for?  The greatest day of your life is the one you are living...really living.  It's a special day.  Savor it.  Go kiss your favorite person.