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LISETTE OROPESA
Newsletter
2014: April - June
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Lisette Oropesa

Hello friends! What an incredible experience I’ve had at the Met this fall and winter. After a wonderful run of 10 performances of FALSTAFF and 8 performances of WERTHER I can say I feel so blessed! Both shows received wonderful reviews and were a delight to the audiences from the Met and all around the world on the Live! in HD broadcasts.

Upcoming Performances

St. Matthew Passion
The Chicago Bach Project
Soprano

Grammy Award-winning conductor John Nelson returns to Chicago to lead the fourth annual Chicago Bach Project in a one-night-only performance of Bach’s soaring St. Matthew Passion.

April 11th, 2014
Harris Theatre, Chicago, IL

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Falstaff
Dutch National Opera
Nannetta

For his last opera, Verdi chose a comic figure distilled from two Shakespeare plays: the fat old knight Sir John Falstaff, whose life revolves around eating, drinking and flirting.

June 7, 10, 12, 16, 19, 22, 28, 30
Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, DE

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Features

FALSTAFF - Great Performances at the Met on PBS
NEW YORK (THIRTEEN) - Thursday, April 10th at 9PM EST
PBS - Sunday, April 13 at 12PM EST

Verdi’s brilliant final masterpiece Falstaff, in its first new Metropolitan Opera production in 50 years — and conducted by Met Music Director James Levine in his first Great Performances at the Met in nearly two years

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THE CREATION - Joseph Haydn
On Soundcloud and YouTube YouTube: Lisette rehearses The Creation by Joseph Haydn

The New Choral Society was kind enough to allow me the use of their recording of The Creation. My husband also made a video of me rehearsing this peice. He felt that it would be a good chance for people to see me singing something other than opera and the video turned out better than we had anticipated!

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Reviews

'Werther' at the Metropolitan Opera showcases Jonas Kaufmann and Sophie Koch • Feb. 21, 2014

“Soprano Lisette Oropesa is perfectly cast as Charlotte’s sister Sophie. Singing of flower bouquets and happiness, the character is nearly the sole ray of sunshine in the piece, and Oropesa’s sweet, agile soprano is one as well.”

Ronni Reich • NJ.com

Reflections

This was truly a season of learning from the masters.  It was divine to work with Maestro Levine in FALSTAFF, who was as sharp and cheerful as a robin in spring.  His expertise and support go hand in hand, and he brings out the best in every musician.  I'm so lucky to have an ongoing collaboration with this great Maestro.

Working with director Richard Eyre in WERTHER was unforgettable.  He had us go through each scene, reciting our lines as though we were actors in a play (in French!) It may not sound like going out on a limb, but in my experience, it doesn't get done that often.  It brought out so much in me as a performer and for that I'm eternally grateful.