view in browser
Summer Newsletter
A message to you from home during the time of COVID-19.
|
Welcome to my Summer 2020 Newsletter! This season has seen incredibly difficult times and challenges that we could not have even imagined…but we are doing our best to stay strong. I count my blessings every day and I’m happy to be alive and a part of a growing community.
This season I have taken pride in building a FREE Masterclass series on Zoom that has amassed over 6,000 people from all over the world, and given them an opportunity to sing, learn, coach, and hear from many professionals in the field. These Masterclasses have become the apple of my eye, and I am so happy to have the platform to share music in this new way. Please sign up for them, if you have not, at http://bit.ly/lomasterclass.
I’ve also been privileged to perform in multiple online galas and livestreams, as well as hang on to my hope of getting to return to the stage very soon. This July I’ll be singing 4 performances of LA TRAVIATA in Madrid, and a Rossini gala at the Arena di Verona. Most excitingly of all, this August I will make my first ever recording of arias with orchestra! I can’t wait to share more about it with you all when the time is right.
|
Upcoming Performances
La traviata
Teatro Real
Violetta Valery
The teatro real returns with a brand new concept staging of Verdi's La traviata designed for a post-covid world. Social distancing and minimal seating are in full effect.
July 18, 22, 25, 28
Teatro Real
Madrid, ES
Rossini Gala
Arena di Verona
Soprano
The Arena di Verona is back with a series of concerts for the summer. Lisette will be singing in an all Rossini concert!
August 14
Arena di Verona
Verona, VR
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Vienna Staatsoper
Konstanze
The Vienna Staatsoper brings a brand new concept and staging to Mozart's famous opera, directed by the legendary Hans Neuenfels.
October 12, 16, 20, 23, 26
Vienna Staatsoper
Wien, AT
|
Features
Aspire and Inquire Podcast
Interview
Lisette talks about the business of opera in this podcast by Aspire and Inquire.
Codalario
Interview
Thank you so much to Agustín Achúcarro for talking with me about the situation we are all facing these days.
Cuando tiene tiempo libre ¿a qué lo dedica?
Yo corro cinco veces por semana, por lo que si puedo hago deporte. Y me encanta estar en la naturaleza, en la montaña. Cuando trabajo estoy en ciudades grandes, con muchos edificios, gente, bullicio, coches, y me gusta escaparme de eso e ir a donde haya árboles y monte. A mí no me gusta mucho la playa, no es mi plan favorito. La verdad es que a veces no se pueden ni planear las vacaciones, pues el trabajo cambia y, de repente, te llaman en el último minuto para ir a cantar porque ha habido una cancelación. Y ahora con el Coronavirus esto sucede más que nunca, pues están intentando trasladar las funciones canceladas a septiembre o en fechas posteriores.
|
Reviews
The high point, though, for me, came from Lisette Oropesa, singing an aria from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable from her house in Baton Rouge: astonishing singing, her coloratura thrilling beyond belief.
— Tim Ashley • The Guardian
The Met technical folks went to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to catch Lisette Oropesa who, accompanied by Michael Borowitz, sang a perfectly executed "En vain espère" from Meyerbeer's Le Prophète.
Her rendition contained some of the best singing I've heard in years.
— Maria Nockin • Broadway World
In an outstanding rendition of Douglass Moore’s aria “Willow,” Oropesa offered audiences a refined and moving performance filled with crystal clear high notes, all sung a capella.
While the performance was pre-recorded, Oropesa also recited the text for Italian audiences in a beautiful and moving reading.
— Francisco Salazar • Opera Wire
Because of the remote location, Lisette Oropesa's singing was prerecorded in her home at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She offered a gorgeous, heart-rending a cappella version of Baby Doe's aria from Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe. Before singing, however, she read an Italian translation of the American aria. Sometimes we forget how much Italian is translated for us.
— Maria Nockin • Broadway World
|
Reflections
Lisette at Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX, USA
Please keep me and all artists in your prayers and efforts this year. 2020 has served up unprecedented challenges for not just artists, but anyone whose life is linked to the theatre, to performance, and to gatherings of human beings in a single space.
Though I am happy to have the internet and all the connectedness of it, I don’t think the venue of the “virtual” will ever replace the in-person experience of live theatre. There is something to be said for the sense of ensemble, of listening to your colleagues and leaning on them when you make music together.
Please know that we all miss the stage, and we are waiting every day with baited breath till the chance presents itself to go back to it. We miss you, and our art form will never be the same without the real you.
|
|
|
Contact Info:
Email:
*|LIST:EMAIL|*
Mailing address:
*|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|*
|
|
|
*|LIST:DESCRIPTION|*
Forward
this email to a friend |
Update
your profile
Unsubscribe
*|EMAIL|* from this list.
Copyright ©
*|CURRENT_YEAR|*
*|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights
reserved.
*|REWARDS|*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
