Lisette Oropesa is one of the most outstanding lyric coloratura sopranos of her generation, and performs at the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala, Milan, the Vienna and Bavarian State Operas and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. At the heart of her extensive repertory are bel canto operas, works by Mozart and Handel and French operas. In 2024 she was named Singer of the Year at the International Opera Awards.
She has thrilled audiences at the Met, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Vienna State Opera and other opera houses with her interpretation of Verdi’s Violetta (La traviata). Her other signature roles include Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, which she has performed at venues including the Teatro Real, Covent Garden, La Scala and, in 2022, in a concert performance at the Salzburg Festival. She is also celebrated internationally as Gilda (Rigoletto) and Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail).
Following appearances as Ophélie in concert performances of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet at the Salzburg Festival, in the 2024/25 season Lisette Oropesa made her role debut as Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda in Madrid and sang Massenet’s Manon at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Violetta at the Vienna State Opera, Elvira (I puritani) at the Paris Opéra, Handel’s Alcina in Versailles and Amalia (I masnadieri) at the Bavarian State Opera.
In the 2025/26 season she will make her debut at the Berlin State Opera as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and return to the Met and to Covent Garden as Elvira in new productions of I puritani. She will also appear in Zurich as Manon, in Madrid and Munich as Amalia and in Munich and at the Met as Violetta.
Highlights of Lisette Oropesa’s career to date also include Alcina in an Olivier Award-winning new production at Covent Garden and Marguerite de Valois (Les Huguenots) and Ophélie at the Paris Opéra. She has also delighted audiences worldwide in concerts and recitals. Her discography includes the two song recital recordings Within / Without and Aux filles du désert, several solo albums with orchestra — including Ombra compagna, featuring a selection of Mozart’s concert arias, and French Bel Canto Arias — and recordings of La traviata and I puritani. A recording of Lucia di Lammermoor will be released shortly.
