Join internationally-renowned soprano Lisette Oropesa for a Royal Opera Masterclass featuring her coaching members of the Company's Jette Parker Young Artist Programme. Subscribe to our channel to watch more Masterclass sessions with some of the world's top singers.
Oropesa grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and initially trained as a flautist before studying voice at Louisiana State University. She was a winner of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions grand finals and subsequently became a member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Since leaving the Program in 2008 she has returned to the Metropolitan Opera in roles including Nannetta (Falstaff), Sophie (Werther), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and Gilda (Rigoletto). Engagements elsewhere include Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) for Bavarian State Opera and Paris Opéra, Norina (Don Pasquale) for Glyndebourne Festival, Ophélie (Hamlet) in Lausanne, Susanna and Marie (La Fille du régiment) for Washington National Opera, Romilda (Serse) and Susanna for San Francisco Opera, Gilda for Rome Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real, Madrid, and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Violetta (La traviata) for Opera Philadelphia and Rosalba (Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas) for Los Angeles Opera.
Oropesa’s concert appearances include Carmina Burana with Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra, performances with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer at Weill Hall with James Levine and Daniel Barenboim.
This event is generously supported by Rolex