Lisette Oropesa, Master Artist

LISETTE OROPESA was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and is a regular at the most important opera houses in the world. She started her career at the Metropolitan Opera at the age of 22 by debuting as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro. Career highlights include acclaimed performances as Amalia in Verdi’s I Masnadieri at Teatro alla Scala, Queen Marguerite in Les Huguenots at the Paris Opera, Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Teatro Real Madrid, La Traviata at the Arena di Verona and the Met, Manon at the Met, Rodelinda at The Liceu in Barcelona, Gilda in Rigoletto at the Met, Grand Théatre de Genève, and the Rome Opera, Konstanze in Munich and Paris, Rosina in Barbiere and Adina L’elisir d’amore also in Paris. Marie in La Fille du Regiment and Susanna in Washington National Opera. Isabelle in Robert le diable in La Monnaie-Brussels, Ophélie at Opéra de Lausanne, and major roles at the Rossini Opera Festival, the Santa Fe Opera, Glyndebourne, and Tanglewood, among others. In concert, she has appeared with the Concertgebouw, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, and Philadelphia Orchestra.