(Credit: Teatro alla Scala / Brescia – Amisano)

Lisette Oropesa is recording Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor.”

The Soprano took to social media to announce the upcoming album and noted that the opera will be recorded in Sicily. The cast will include Stefan Pop as Edgardo, Mattia Olivieri as Enrico, and  Riccardo Zanellato as Raimondo. Maestro Fabrizio Maria Carminati will conduct. 

Oropesa is known for her Lucia interpretation, obtaining rave reviews all over the world. Critics have said, “Lisette Oropesa gave a poignant, overwhelming interpretation of Lucia. Her detailed acting supported a soprano which seems created to sing bel canto: confident coloratura, silvery high notes, beautiful pianissimi, perfect trills.”

The soprano has performed the role at the Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real de Madrid, Salzburg Festival, and Opernhaus Zurich.