An encore presentation of WFMT’s conversation with Lisette Oropesa on the occasion of her Lyric Opera debut. While Mozart is a specialty of hers, in 2023 Chicagoans were able to experience the Cuban-American soprano in the bel canto repertoire in which she is sought-after by opera companies all over the world. Her 2018 debut in Lucia di Lammermoor at Madrid’s Teatro Real brought her to international attention, drawing comparisons to the legendary interpreters of the Donizetti tragedienne. Oropesa joined WFMT to talk about her approach to singing Mozart and bel canto.
Watch Lisette Oropesa in her breakout performance of Lucia di Lammermoor.
Playlist
All selections feature soprano Lisette Oropesa.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alcandro, lo confesso…Non so d’onde viene, K.294 (fragment)
Il pomo d’oro
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
Gaetano Donizetti: “Prendi per me sei libero” from L’elisir d’amore
Michael Borowitz, piano
Mozart: Vado, ma dove?, K. 583
Mozart: Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle, K. 538
Il pomo d’oro
Antonello Manacorda, conductor
Pablo Sorozábal: “En un país de fábula” from La tabernera del puerto
Ernesto Lecuona: “Escucha al ruiseñor” from María la O Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real
Óliver Díaz, conductor
Giuseppe Verdi: “Dammi tu forza, o cielo!” from La traviata
René Barbera, tenor
Dresden Philharmonic
Daniel Oren, conductor
Gioacchino Rossini: “En proie a la tristesse” from Le comte Ory
Saxon State Opera Chorus, Dresden
Dresden Philharmonic
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
