Gramophone Awards
2023
Finalist - Voice & Ensemble

Presto Editor's Choice
October 2022

Presto Recordings of the Year
Finalist 2022

Gramophone Magazine
November 2022
Editor's Choice

Opus Klassik Awards 2023
Nominated - Female Singer of the Year & Solo Vocal

Lisette Oropesa (soprano), Sachsischer Staatsopernchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Corrado Rovaris

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).

"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." - BBC Music Magazine, December 2022.