lisette oropesa
Earlier in 2013, Latinos Post interviewed opera star Lisette Oropesa in anticipation of her performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Verdi's Rigoletto and Wagner's Siegfried. Since that interview, the soprano has engaged in a number of diverse performance opportunities, traveled to Santa Fe for the first time in her life, performed a new operatic role, performed at her Alma Mater and even made her name outside of the world of opera. Oropesa spoke with Latinos Post earlier this week to recap what has been a terrific year and preview her upcoming performances at the Met in Verdi's Falstaff.
This "Rigoletto" run represents the final serving of Verdi that opera goers will get from the Met Opera during the legendary composer's bicentennial birthday celebration. A vibrant production combined with nuanced and emotional performances makes this the ideal final hurrah for a truly successful commemoration of one of opera's greatest contributors and heroes.
Soprano Lisette Oropesa never wanted to be an opera singer. Despite being born into a family that venerated the art form, she felt the need to seek out a different path. However, she could not escape her fate. And now she is a rising star that gets to call the world's most renowned opera house "home."
