Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,...
Special offer. French Bel Canto Arias
Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Voice & Ensemble
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Recording
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording,...
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FRENCH BEL CANTO ARIAS FULL OF DRAMA AND LYRICISM
On her second solo album Lisette Oropesa has combined two of her greatest loves, the French language and Italian bel canto. This recording with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Corrado Rovaris showcases the variety of lesser-known and more popular works by Rossini and Donizetti, featuring arias that contain coloratura, lyricism, drama, heightened emotion, and even comedy. Star soprano Lisette Oropesa made her Pentatone debut with Ombra Compagna, Mozart Concert Arias in 2021, and sung the title heroine in a complete recording of Verdi’s La Traviata, also released on the label in 2022. The Dresdner Philharmonie was involved in that same recording, and has also participated in several other recordings released by Pentatone, such as Weber’s Der Freischütz (2019), Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Puccini’s Il Tabarro (both 2020) and Beethoven’s Fidelio (2021). Conductor Corrado Rovaris particularly excels in
Contents and tracklist
- Lisette Oropesa (soprano)
- Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresdner Philharmoniker
- Corrado Rovaris
- Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Kristina Fuchs (mezzo-soprano), Frank Blümel (tenor)
- Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresdner Philharmoniker
- Corrado Rovaris
- Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Juan Carlos Navarro (tenor)
- Dresdner Philharmoniker
- Corrado Rovaris
- Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Ulf Prelle (cello), Zhi Yi (tenor), Meinhardt Möbius (bass), Alexander Födisch (bass)
- Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresdner Philharmoniker
- Corrado Rovaris
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Lisette Oropesa on French bel canto
7th Nov 2022
As she prepares for the opening night of Handel's Alcina at Covent Garden tomorrow, the Cuban-American soprano discusses her new album of French opera arias by Donizetti and Rossini on Pentatone.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceOctober 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
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Gramophone MagazineNovember 2022Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal
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International Opera Awards2023Winner - Solo Recording
December 2022
Her voice is both pure and full-bodied, with an extensive range in terms of both tessitura and characterisation, allowing her to do justice to the many different moods showcased on this recording, from deep emotion to comedy. She approaches the longest of coloratura runs with apparent effortlessness, rising beyond superficial showiness to bring character to each performance.
November 2022
She’s in wonderful voice throughout, her coloratura at once dazzling and expressive, her sense of line often flawless, text, character and emotions exactingly conveyed
April 2023
In a challenging programme highlighting the Parisian operas of Rossini and Donizetti, Lisette Oropesa confirms her stature as one of today’s most remarkable bel canto stylists. The American soprano presents this repertoire with terrific technical prowess, musicality to burn, and formidable interpretative intelligence.
October 2022
Oropesa's full but flexible soprano is eminently suited to everything here, from the coloratura fireworks of Comtesse Adèle in Rossini's Le comte Ory to the grand style of the same composer's final opera Guillaume Tell. As well as relishing the expressive possibilities of the French language, she's a nuanced vocal actress, attuned to the pathos as well as the perkiness of Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment.
