Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Piotr Beczala, Gabriella Reyes, Angel Blue Headline Carnegie Hall’s 2024-25 Season

Carnegie Hall has unveiled its 2024-25 season. Here is a breakdown of the vocal events on offer. Opening Night will feature Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as they present works by Rachmaninoff and Ginastera. Baritone Gustavo Castillo and pianist Lang Lang will be the soloists. Performance Date: Oct. 8, 2024 Joyce DiDonato will give several masterclasses. Performance Dates: Oct. {…}

Jan 8, 2024

Lisette Oropesa Named Guest Faculty Member at BANFF

Lisette Oropesa has been named a Guest Faculty Member at BANFF this summer. The soprano took to social media and said, “Very excited to share that I’ll be a Guest Faculty member this summer, teaching masterclass sessions at the banff centre!! My colleagues who are already a part of this incredible educational program have told me what a privilege it {…}

Dec 10, 2023

Cast Change Announced for Dresden ‘I Puritani’

Lisette Oropesa has canceled her performance of “I Puritani” on Dec. 10 due to illness. The soprano took to social media and said, “Dear friends, I’m having a rocky end to the year. After being in Dresden for several days recording I Puritani with the most incredible cast I could ever imagine, I seem to have caught some kind of {…}

Dec 6, 2023

Benjamin Bernheim Asmik Grigorian, Juan Diego Florez, Elīna Garanča & Cecilia Bartoli Lead Salzburg Festival’s 2024 Season

(Credit: © SF / Peter Rigaud) The Salzburg Festival has announced its 2024 Season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Opera Strauss’ “Caprricio” is set to be performed in concert form with Elsa Dreisig and Bo Skovhus as Countess and Count. The cast also includes Sebastian Kohlhepp (Flamand), Konstantin Krimmel (Olivier), Mika Kares (La Roche), Ève-Maud Hubeaux (Clairon), {…}

Nov 9, 2023

Aigul Akhmetshina, Michael Spyres, Lisette Oropesa, & Bayerische Staatsoper Win Big at Opera Awards

The winners of the 2023 Opera Awards were announced on Thursday at the Polish National Opera. The Bayerische Staatsoper was awarded the top prize of Opera Company of the Year while the Conductor of the Year went to Antonio Pappano. The winner of Best Female Singer of the Year was Aigul Akhmetshina and Best Male Singer of the Year went {…}

Sep 14, 2023

Gramophone Magazine Announces 2023 Nominees

The Gramophone Magazine has announced the 2023 award nominations. For the purposes of this article, we will only highlight the opera and vocal nominees. The opera nominees are Meyerbeer’s “Robert Le Diable” with Chœur de l’Opera National de Bordeaux, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, and Marc Minkowski (Bru Zane), Puccini’s “Turandot” with the Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia {…}

Sep 13, 2023

Lisette Oropesa Hints at Future Roles

Lisette Oropesa is hinting at some future roles including “Norma.” In a recent interview with Forumopera, the soprano said, “Norma, I’ve already been asked to do it. And I have a contract to sing Norma in the future.” Regarding the role the soprano said, “Norma, for me, it’s interesting because Norma, you can hear all kinds of voices there. For {…}

Aug 7, 2023

Lisette Oropesa Announces Zarzuela Album

Lisette Oropesa has announced that her upcoming album is completed. The soprano took to social media and noted that her album was a Zarzuela album of arias from Spain and Cuba. She said, “That’s a wrap! We finished recording our new album of Zarzuela arias of Spain and Cuba, and I am so proud! Everyone has done wonderful work and {…}

Jun 23, 2023

Lisette Oropesa to Headline Guild Hall’s 2023 Season

(Credit: Liancary) New York’s Guild Hall has unveiled its 2023 season. Here is a look at the vocal events set to take place. Soprano Lisette Oropesa will give a masterclass and Bel Canto Boot Camp where she will coach 2023 resident artists. Participating artists include Michael Leyte-Vidal, Sisikelelwe Mngenela, Elizabeth Novella, Anne Marie Stanley, Derrek Stark, David Wolfe, Derrick Goff, {…}

Jun 20, 2023

Lisette Oropesa, Amitai Pati, Ville Rusanen, Dong-won Seo, & Dorottya Láng Headline Savonlinna Opera Festival 2023

(Photo Credit: Steven Harris) The Savonlinna Opera Festival is set to open later this month. Here is a rundown of the 2023 slate. First up is “Romeo et Juliette,” conducted by Yves Abel and directed by Amy Lane. The opera stars superstar Lisette Oropesa and Amitai Pati in Cast A, with Marjukka Tepponen and Antonio Poli in the second cast. {…}

Jun 14, 2023

Teatro Real de Madrid 2022-23 Review: Il Turco in Italia

The Spanish opera coliseum presented a new production of Rossini’s opera buffa, “Il turco in Italia,” signed by Laurent Pelly. There were two different casts and three different sopranos for the leading role, performing in the ten performances planned. But superstar Lisette Oropesa, was sick and had to cancel opening night. In this case, the fantastic Spanish soprano, Sara Blanch, {…}