Lisette Oropesa (born September 29, 1983) is a first generation Cuban American[1] operatic soprano. She has a wide repertoire that includes works from Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Wagner, Verdi, Bizet, Massenet and Puccini. With her lyric coloratura soprano voice,[2] she has performed roles in her native Spanish and English, as well as German, French and Italian. She is particularly noted in the roles of Susanna, Gilda, Konstanze and Lucia.
Oropesa was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her parents emigrated from Cuba.[2]
She originally studied to be a flautist before her mother, a music teacher and former operatic soprano,[2] suggested she audition for the voice faculty at the LSU School of Music at Louisiana State University.[6] Her audition went so well that she joined the voice program with Robert Grayson as her mentor
Oropesa was a grand finals winner of the National Council Grand Finals at the Metropolitan Opera in 2005, and joined the Met's Lindemann Young Artists Development Program
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