Podcast appearances and mentions of Lisette Oropesa

durée : 01:28:22 - Lisette Oropesa, reine du bel canto - par : Aurélie Moreau - Lisette Oropesa triomphe sur les plus grandes scènes grâce à son timbre tout en rondeur et des suraigus lumineux : la soprano est aujourd'hui l'interprète idéale du bel canto, et elle s'impose aussi dans Verdi ou dans le répertoire français.

Today we celebrate 350 episodes of Countermelody since the inception of the podcast in the fall of 2019. Given that this is a momentous occasion (probably mostly to me, just for sticking with this thing!), I wanted to do something special today. For some time I have been promising an episode on Young Singers I Admire. This is different than the usual Countermelody fare because I almost always focus on great singers of the past. The world of the “opera singer” is very different today than when I was trying to carve out a professional career as a countertenor more than 30 years ago. I would say the huge difference is the way that social media has become such a prominent tool in shaping and maintaining a career. Even today, however, it is possible to do both of these things, to be a singer primarily focused on her technique and expressing the integrity of the music, as well as focusing on their marketing and their identity, whether that be queerness, Blackness, glamour, physical fitness, or whatever. Every single singer I feature today displays a solid and viable vocal technique and a profound connection to the music that they are singing while also, in most cases, deftly managing their online presence. Listen to these young singers and see if you don't agree: sopranos Lisette Oropesa, Sabine Devieilhe, Nicole Car, and Vera-Lotte Böcker; contralto Jasmin White; mezzo-soprano Rachael Wilson; baritone Huw Montague Rendall; and countertenor Maayan Licht. Midway through constructing this episode, I realized that I had enough material for two episodes, so a pendant to this episode will be published next Easter Monday. It thrills me to celebrate these young artists: all possessors of gorgeous voices, fine technique, superb communicative powers, and a much, much better sense of entrepreneurship than I ever had! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

Im Dezember 2023 ist im Dresdner Kulturpalast eine Oper des sizilianischen Belcantokomponist Vincenzo Bellini auf CD produziert worden. Für seinen Schwanengesang "I Puritani" aus dem Jahr 1835 hat das Label EuroArts Stars wie Lisette Oropesa nach Elbflorenz engagiert. Riccardo Frizza leitet die Dresdner Philharmonie.

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durée : 00:14:21 - Le Disque classique du jour du vendredi 17 janvier 2025 - "Mis amores son las flores", l'irrésistible album de Zarzuela de Lisette Oropesa ! Entourée de l'Orchestre du Teatro Real de Madrid et du chef Óliver Díaz (qui connaissent par coeur ce répertoire), la soprano rend un bel hommage à ses origines hispaniques et cubaines

durée : 00:14:21 - Le Disque classique du jour du vendredi 17 janvier 2025 - "Mis amores son las flores", l'irrésistible album de Zarzuela de Lisette Oropesa ! Entourée de l'Orchestre du Teatro Real de Madrid et du chef Óliver Díaz (qui connaissent par coeur ce répertoire), la soprano rend un bel hommage à ses origines hispaniques et cubaines

Interpreten: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Graham Ross Label: harmonia mundi EAN: 3149020951934 Nach der quirligen Eröffnung des CD der Woche Jahres 2025 mit Lisette Oropesa vergangene Woche, geht es diesmal ein wenig gediegener zu. Der Choir of Clare College, also jener Chor, dessen Hauptaufgabe es ist, die Gottesdienste in der Kapelle des Clare College, Cambridge, zu leiten, hat sich mit Weltersteinspielungen von Palestrina'schen Werken beschäftigt und diese mit Kompositionen einiger englischer Zeitgenossen kombiniert. Ganz nach dem Geschmack von Michael Gmasz. Langjährige Hörerinnen und Hörer von radio klassik Stephansdom wissen mittlerweile schon über meine Leidenschaft und Liebe zur Vokalpolyphonie der Renaissancezeit Bescheid. Immer wieder habe ich an dieser Stelle herausragende Neuveröffentlichungen alter Sangeskunst empfohlen. Und wenn dann eine CD erscheint, auf der so schön gesungen wird, mit absoluter Intonationsreinheit, deutlicher Artikulation und Variantenreichtum in Agogik und Dynamik, dann kann ich an einer solchen CD als CD der Woche nicht vorbei. Der Chor des Clare College in Cambridge ist, mit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1972, vergleichsweise jung. Er hat sich jedoch schnell einen internationalen Ruf als eine der führenden Hochschulchorgruppen der Welt erworben. Die Stimmen fügen sich, auch durch die Akustik des geistlichen Kirchenraums, wunderbar zusammen und ergeben ein Klang Bad, in das man sich gerne hineinlegt. Geleitet wird der Chor ausschließlich von ehemaligen Chorknaben, seit 15 Jahren ist das nun höchst erfolgreich Graham Ross. Für dieses Album hat er bisher kaum bekannte Vokalwerke von Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, zwei Messen, ein Magnificat sowie zwei weitere Motetten, ausgewählt. Kombiniert hat er diese mit Vertonungen derselben Texte von drei englischen Zeitgenossen Palestrinas: William Byrd, Robert White und William Mundy. Ein erstes ausgesprochen gelungenes Geburtstagsgeschenk zum 500er des römischen Meisters! (mg)

Interpreten: Lisette Oropesa, Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real, Oliver Díaz Label: EuroArts EAN: 880242111173 Die letzte CD Empfehlung des vergangenen Jahres ist unsere erste CD der Woche des Neuen. Schwungvoll gehen wir hinein ins 2025er Jahr mit der Sopranistin Lisette Oropesa und ihrer Leidenschaft für Zarzuela. Auch im neuen Jahr begleitet Sie wieder Michael Gmasz Woche für Woche mit seinen CD Empfehlungen. Im zarten Alter von 22 hat sie als Susanna ihr Debüt an der New Yorker Metropolitan Opera gefeiert und in den vergangenen knapp 20 Jahren hat Lisette Oropesa ihre Liste an renommierten Opernhäusern weltweit um die Mailänder Scala, das Royal Opera House Covent Garden, die Bayerische Staatsoper oder auch die Wiener Staatsoper ergänzt, um nur einige der wichtigsten Stationen zu erwähnen. Noch weiter zurück liegen ihre ersten Erinnerungen an Zarzuela Musik, nämlich in der Kindheit, als ihr ihre Mutter die eine oder andere Arie vorgesungen hat bzw. als sie bei ihren Großeltern jene Musik kennengelernt hat, mit der diese in Havanna aufgewachsen sind. Und auch wenn Lisette Oropesa möglicherweise nie in einer Zarzuela auf der Bühne stehen wird, fühlt sie sich, ihrem eigenen kubanischen Familienerbe geschuldet, diesem Genre doch verpflichtet. Mis amores son las flores heißt ihr neues Zarzuela Album. Lisette Oropesa ist eine stimmgewaltige Frau, die es hier jedoch auch versteht, ihre Stimme dosiert einzusetzen, um so manchen Arien die nötige Leichtigkeit zu verleihen. Die verführerischen Rhythmen der spanischen und kubanischen Arien und ihre Melodien hat Lisette Oropesa quasi im Blut und so singt sie sich hörbar genussvoll durch das Repertoire von Ernesto Lecuona, Ruperto Chapí, Gerónimo Giménez, Pablo Sorozábal oder Federico Moreno Torroba. Für den nötigen Schwung und das passende Kolorit sorgt das Opernorchester des Teatro Real in Madrid unter der Leitung von Óliver Díaz. Nach Juan Diego Flórez zuletzt, ein weiteres ausgesprochen gelungenes Zarzuela Album. Vielleicht würde sich ja eine solche tatsächlich auch ganz gut auf der Bühne, eventuell sogar hier in Wien, machen … Lisette Oropesa würde sich als Hauptdarstellerin in so manchem der hier eingespielten Werke als wunderbare Hauptdarstellerin empfehlen. (mg)

Die spanische Zarzuela ist ein unterhaltendes Musiktheater-Genre. Lisette Oropesa und Juan Diego Flórez haben fast parallel zwei neue Zarzuela-Alben vorgelegt.

American soprano Lisette Oropesa is one of today's most in-demand opera singers. After performing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra this past summer in Asia, Lisette sits down with David for our season premiere. To kick the conversation off she discusses what goes through her mind as she sings, how she avoids being a tortured musician, and David's faux pas in Tokyo. Reminiscing about her childhood as a flutist and band nerd, Lisette shares why she shifted to become an opera singer and how generous LSU Opera supporters helped prepare her for auditions at the Met early in her career. Lisette candidly talks about her weight loss and running journeys and how they made her a stronger performer. To close it out Lisette excitedly discusses her upcoming recital debut at Carnegie Hall later this month. Be sure to subscribe, leave us a rating, and share the podcast with your friends if you liked this episode!Check out Lisette Oropesa on Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Apple Music, Spotify, or the web. Follow Speaking Soundly on Instagram.Follow David on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram and the web.Photograph of Lisette Oropesa by Steven Harris.The Speaking Soundly theme song is composed by Joseph Saba/Stewart Winter and used by permission of Videohelper.Speaking Soundly was co-created by David Krauss and Jessica Handelman. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2024 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Die Gesangskunst von Lisette Oropesa zeigt federleichte Fiorituren, gleißende Spitzentöne und samtene Abstiege ins Bodenlose ihrer Bühnenfiguren. Aufgewachsen ist die heute 40-Jährige in den USA, in einem Elternhaus voller Musik. Inzwischen ist sie weltweit gefragt als lyrischer Sopran, und hat kaum noch Zeit für ihre Leidenschaft, den Marathonlauf. Bezeichnet für sie ist ihr Fazit: "Die Menschen brauchen die Kunst. Sie ist ewig".

durée : 00:25:09 - Lisette Oropesa, soprano (5/5) - par : Judith Chaine - Une voix agile, puissante, un timbre lumineux, une présence scénique généreuse font de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, l'une des stars lyriques que les scènes du monde entier s'arrachent aujourd'hui. Nous avons eu la chance de la rencontrer à Paris à l'occasion de la production Giulio Cesare de Haendel. - réalisé par : Arnaud Chappatte

durée : 00:25:09 - Lisette Oropesa, soprano (1/5) - par : Judith Chaine - Une voix agile, puissante, un timbre lumineux, une présence scénique généreuse font de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, l'une des stars lyriques que les scènes du monde entier s'arrachent aujourd'hui. Nous avons eu la chance de la rencontrer à Paris à l'occasion de la production Giulio Cesare de Haendel. - réalisé par : Arnaud Chappatte

durée : 00:25:06 - Lisette Oropesa, soprano (2/5) - par : Judith Chaine - Une voix agile, puissante, un timbre lumineux, une présence scénique généreuse font de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, l'une des stars lyriques que les scènes du monde entier s'arrachent aujourd'hui. Nous avons eu la chance de la rencontrer à Paris à l'occasion de la production Giulio Cesare de Haendel. - réalisé par : Arnaud Chappatte

durée : 00:25:10 - Lisette Oropesa, soprano (3/5) - par : Judith Chaine - Une voix agile, puissante, un timbre lumineux, une présence scénique généreuse font de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, l'une des stars lyriques que les opéras du monde entier s'arrachent aujourd'hui. Nous avons eu la chance de la rencontrer à Paris à l'occasion de la production Giulio Cesare de Haendel. - réalisé par : Arnaud Chappatte

durée : 00:25:14 - Lisette Oropesa, soprano (4/5) - par : Judith Chaine - Une voix agile, puissante, un timbre lumineux, une présence scénique généreuse font de la soprano Lisette Oropesa, l'une des stars lyriques que les scènes du monde entier s'arrachent aujourd'hui. Nous avons eu la chance de la rencontrer à Paris à l'occasion de la production Giulio Cesare de Haendel. - réalisé par : Arnaud Chappatte

durée : 00:57:49 - Affaires culturelles - par : Arnaud Laporte - De La Nouvelle-Orléans dont elle est originaire à la scène du Palais Garnier où elle incarne actuellement l'espiègle Cléopâtre du "Giulio Cesare" de Haendel, Lisette Oropesa a su s'imposer comme une soprano de premier plan. Rencontre, le temps d'un grand entretien. - invités : Lisette Oropesa Chanteuse lyrique (1983, La Nouvelle-Orléans)

durée : 01:32:54 - Portrait de Gaëlle Arquez et Lisette Oropesa - par : Charlotte Landru-Chandès - Aujourd'hui, un portrait croisé de deux chanteuses, la soprano Lisette Oropesa et la mezzo Gaëlle Arquez, toutes deux à l'affiche de Giulio Cesare de Haendel à l'Opéra Garnier. L'occasion de retracer leur parcours en musique !

‘Is opera the most misogynistic art form?' asked Charlotte Higgins in The Guardian back in 2016, noting that the genre itself seems to devour women. In Classical Music Magazine in 2020, Becca Marriott argued that ‘Sexism is preventing women from forging a career in opera'. Over the course of the next episodes, we are looking at how voices in opera are calling for change to make it better for the next generation of operatic talent. In this episode, we investigate misogyny in opera both on the stage and behind the scenes, and investigate the lived experience of artists who are striving to make the opera world a place where everyone feels welcome, respected and safe.   View the OperaVision website here Watch now on Opera Vision Oper Frankfurt From Studio to Stage Opera for Peace Masterclasses with Ailyn Perez & Brian Jagde Il Viaggio a Reims (Rossini), Rossini Opera Festival Accademia Rossiniana BBC Cardiff Singer of the World with Nombulelo Yende Dana Lynne Varga www.danavarga.com The Empowered Musician https://theempoweredmusician.com/ Mass Opera https://massopera.org/ Rosie Middleton https://rosiemiddleton.com/ Derri Joseph Lewis https://derrijosephlewis.com/   Music extracts Introduction and closing from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart): Overture Bizet ‘L'amour est un oiseau rebelle' (Habanera) from Carmen with mezzo-soprano Evgenia Asanova at the Staatsoper Hannover. Watch extract here   Massenet ‘Je marche sur tous les chemins' from Manon with soprano Elsa Dreisig at the Hamburg State Opera. Watch extract here   Donizetti 'Regnava nel silenzio' from Lucia di Lammermoor with soprano Lisette Oropesa at the Teatro Real Madrid. Watch full extract here   

Cuban-American Lisette Oropesa is a highly acclaimed and in-demand operatic soprano known for her exceptional vocal skills and stage presence. She speaks 5 languages and excels in a wide range of operatic repertoire, from Baroque and Mozart to Bel Canto and French composers. Her outstanding performances have earned her enthusiastic global recognition, and she regularly stars in productions in the world's greatest opera houses, from New York's Metropolitan Opera to London's Royal Opera House, Vienna's State Opera, and Milan's Teatro alla Scala, among many others. In addition to her successful singing career, Lisette is also known for her dedication to health and fitness. She is an outdoor enthusiast and devoted runner who has completed several marathons, and been featured in major fitness publications such as Runner's World Magazine. She's followed a fully plant based diet for the past 12 years. Lisette is also a mentor and role model to young singers, giving masterclasses and lectures at universities and young artist programs around the world. She is active on social media, and she and her husband Steven personally curate her website and all her platforms. Her most recent solo album, “French Bel Canto,” released on the Pentatone label, has achieved major critical acclaim, and has been one of the top selling classical opera aria albums since its release.     Peter and Lisette talk about what it's like to perform opera on the world's greatest stages, industry biases, obesity vs. health & fitness, pros and cons of social media, taking a stance on politics and religion, vocal technique, role preparation, and much more. Please welcome Lisette Oropesa.

[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle' with John Brancy in London, where he's reprising his role as the Artisan & Collector in George Benjamin's “Picture a Day Like This”. He tells us how that role was customized to his freakish abilities and why we shouldn't limit ourselves to just one way of singing… [@ 35 min] And then… Lisette Oropesa, who makes her Lyric Opera debut next month in “Daughter of the Regiment”, takes a ‘Free Throw' on the *other* Donizetti role that brought her career to international attention… [@ 45 min] Plus, in the ‘Two Minute Drill'… What year is it? According to a North Carolina classical radio station, it's 1950... GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

If you're enjoying the content, please like, subscribe, and comment! Please consider supporting the show! https://anchor.fm/worldxppodcast/support Peter's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterBarber Peter Barber is an American bass-baritone and recent graduate of the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts. Now, he finds himself in the Marion Roose Pullin Studio at Arizona Opera, where he is currently covering Alfonse and De Lacey in the world premiere of Frankenstein by GreggKallor. In the Spring 2024 season at Arizona Opera, Peter will be performing Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Count Capulet in Romeo and Juliette, and Masetto in Don Giovanni, while covering Leporello. Last summer, he returned to Music Academy of the West ('19) to perform Colline in La Bohème under the baton of Daniela Candillari. Outside of the opera world, Peter has grown a substantial audience on YouTube, surpassing 115,000 subscribers via videos with in-depth musical analysis of contemporary music, musical covers, and full-length conversations with voice professionals, many of which have achieved significant acclaim in their respect fields. Some guests include; Lisette Oropesa, Janet Varney, Geoff Castellucci, Lauren Paley, and Elizabeth Zharoff. He is also one of the founding members of a musical group called The Bass Gang (Bobby Bass, Peter Barber, Tomi P, and Marwan Ayman), which was formed during the pandemic, and consists of four bass singers that collaborated virtually from all over the world until August of 2023 when they convened in Brno, Czechia to shoot professional music videos for their 3rd studio EP. ______________________ Follow us! @worldxppodcast Instagram - https://bit.ly/3eoBwyr @worldxppodcast Twitter - https://bit.ly/2Oa7Bzm Spotify - http://spoti.fi/3sZAUTG Apple Podcasts - http://apple.co/30uGTny Google Podcasts - http://bit.ly/3v8CF2U Anchor - http://bit.ly/3qGeaH7 YouTube - http://bit.ly/3rxDvUL #acapella #morning #morningroutine #basssinger #opera #bass #bassacapella #bassgang #geoffcastellucci #avikaplan #vocalart #vocalperformance #youtube #audio #audioengineer #wxpp #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #podcastlife #podcastshow #longformpodcast #longformpodcast #podcasts #podcaster #newpodcast #podcastshow #podcasting #newshow #worldxppodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldxppodcast/support

Éste último estará protagonizado por Lisette Oropesa, una de las mejores sopranos del momento, ganadora del premio a la mejor soprano del mundo en 2023, que actuará el domingo, 6 de agosto, en la sala Jordi Rebellón del auditorio, acompañada por el reputado pianista Rubén Fernández.Jaime Zaragoza entrevista a Juan Carlos Sánchez, presidente de Promúsica Águilas, entidad organizadora del ciclo de conciertos.

Highly acclaimed operatic soprano, Lisette Oropesa talks about her music and how being vegan helps her to sustain her busy career as one of the most in-demand lyric coloraturas today. Lisette speaks five languages and excels in a wide range of operatic repertoire, from Baroque and Mozart to Bel Canto and French composers. She is dedicated to health and fitness, and has followed a fully plant-based diet for the past 12 years. Learn more about Laura's television show, access lots of vegan recipes, online videos, cookbooks, and more at JazzyVegetarian.com Learn more about Lisette Oropesa at LisetteOropesa.com Find Laura Theodore's award winning cookbooks and books by other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in our online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Follow renowned theatre and opera director Richard Jones as he creates a brand new production of Handel's magical opera Alcina for the Royal Opera House. When Handel composed this opera, he was inspired not only by the possibilities of a new theatre in the heart of London, but also by his collaborator John Rich, who encouraged him to incorporate magic and dance into this new work. Nearly 300 years on, Richard Jones is also inspired by the possibilities of this opera, and with the opportunities created by his many collaborators too. We join Richard at his home to explore his thoughts on the opera, including his ideas for the set design. Further discussions then follow at the Royal Opera House once rehearsals are underway, and we delve into the changes now being made as this new production comes to life on the stage. Movement director and choreographer Sarah Fahie discusses her intensive collaborative journey in assisting in the creation of this new work, whilst soprano Lisette Oropesa, who sings the title role of Alcina, also chats about working alongside Richard Jones.

Die amerikanische Schriftstellerin Donna Leon unterstützt und fördert leidenschaftlich Aufnahmeprojekte des Ensembles "Il pomo d'oro", wie etwa die kürzlich erschienene Einspielung von Händels "Theodora". Die Besetzung hätte kaum prominenter ausfallen können: Allein die Namen von Joyce DiDonato und Lisette Oropesa verdienen jederzeit Aufmerksamkeit, meint unser Opernexperte Volkmar Fischer.

Ameerika soprani Lisette Oropesa uuel albumil kõlavad Rossini ja Donizetti Prantsuse teatrite jaoks kirjutatud tuntud ja tundmatud aariad.

"To make a change you need to be ready for it and then do it on your own terms." If you like what you hear and you want to support me you can make a one time donation using PayPal https://paypal.me/beinganddoing. In this episode I am talking to a truly magnificent woman, a person that uses her voice not only to create beauty but also to inspire and tackle difficult personal and societal questions. This is a wide ranging conversation on creativity, voice and our bodies as instruments, obesity and attaining a healthy lifestyle and accepting what is while also striving to evolve and grow. Lisette Oropesa ( @Lisette Oropesa ) is one of the most in-demand lyric coloraturas today, who performs leading roles regularly at the most important opera houses around the world. She has achieved worldwide acclaim for her seamless vocal technique, expressive musicality, linguistic affinity, and stylistic integrity. Lisette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cuban parents, and played the flute for 12 years and she began her studies in vocal performance at Louisiana State University. After winning the Met Opera National Council Auditions, she entered the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and moved to New York City. She sang her first major role, Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, at the Met at the age of 22, and has sung there in over 100 performances in many different roles since. She has appeared in concert halls and opera stages all over the world since graduating from the young artist program in 2008, and has become one of the most celebrated singers of her generation, both for her singing and her inspiring personal story. Lisette is a devoted runner who has completed 6 marathons and is an advocate for health and fitness. If you want to connect with her you can find her on Instagram @lisetteoropesa and if you want to find out more about her work you can visit her webpage https://lisetteoropesa.com/ I hope this conversation brings something new in your perception and knowledge on this topic. If you like what you hear please share, like and subscribe so these stories can reach more people.⁠ If you like what you hear please share, like and subscribe so these stories can reach more people.⁠ Find all the links in one place: https://linktr.ee/being_and_doing Connect with Being and Doing: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beinganddoing.podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/being_and_doing/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beinganddoing_p Newsletter: https://crafty-trader-7519.ck.page/68feebc101 Sounder.fm: https://beinganddoing.sounder.fmSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/05UVsrG... Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bein... Thank you for joining me on this journey

From the vocal fireworks featured in the famous “mad scene” to the popularized sextet Lucia continues to fascinate audiences today. Many sopranos have taken the role, including, Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Renata Scotto, Lisette Oropesa and the current Lucia, Nadine Sierra. On today's episode of The Metropolitan Opera Guild Podcast, we have lecturer Tanisha Mitchell discussing the inner workings of this operatic staple.

“Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrouslyflexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Vocedi Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Lola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and the Dueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. She has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. “Sparkling” mezzo-soprano Madison Marie McIntosh has been praised for her “wondrously flexible voice,” “prodigious vocal skills,” and “richly textured and strong lower register” (Voce di Meche). OperaWire has praised her “vocal power,” “enchanting voice,” “velvety mezzosoprano,”and “abundant vocal and dramatic technique, with no shortage of soaring high notesand flexible roulades.” She won The American Prize in Vocal Performance in 2020 and thenperformed a benefit concert for The American Prize that featured world premieres of works by eight composers. Madison has performed Ernesta (Un avvertimento ai gelosi) at Caramoor, Delia (Il viaggio a Reims) with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, and Alto Soloist (Messiah) with New Amsterdam Opera. In 2022, she performed in concerts with Gulfshore Opera and will sing the title role in La Cenerentola with Fargo Moorhead Opera, the title role in Giulio Cesare with Connecticut Lyric Opera, and Francesca Da Ponte in the premiere of Da Ponte, by composer Roger Neill and librettist Neil Cohen. In 2021, she sang Beppe in Teatro Grattacielo's production of L'amico Fritz at the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, the Domme in Three Way with Fargo Moorhead Opera, Melissa in La liberazione di Ruggiero with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ruggiero in Alter Ego Chamber Opera's production of Alcina REVAMPED at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, anLola Lowell in the virtual premiere of Theodore Christman's opera The Impresario and theDueling Divas with Mo. Eve Queler. Madison has also performed Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), the title role in Carmen, Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Cesare (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Sara (Roberto Devereux), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), and lead roles in the world premieres of six operas. S has premiered song cycles and other works by composers such as Peter Breiner, Paula Kimper, Roger Neill, Amy Scurria, Jeff Shankley, Myron Silberstein, Webster Young, and Paul Ayres. In 2019, she joined Eve Queler as a soloist in her 25th annual Bel Canto Opera Concert. She has been featured as a soloist in venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the DiMenna Center, and the Teatro Rossini. She covered the title role in Tancredi and sang the Eco in the inaugural season of Will Crutchfield's Teatro Nuovo. In 2019, she performed the role of Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) at the Wiener Kammeroper as a result of winning First Prize in the Vienna Summer Music Festival Competition. She worked with the late Mo. Alberto Zedda as a young artist of the Accademia Rossiniana in 2014 and was an Apprentice Artist of Sarasota Opera in 2018. Last season, she was presented in a solo virtual concert in the Kravis Center's series Kravis @ Home. She also sang in virtual events presented by Fort Worth Opera, Maryland Opera, and the Art Song Preservation Society of New York. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection. She performed one of the 22 ariette by Vaccai in Will Crutchfield's video “Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes,” which also includes singers such as Lawrence Brownlee, Jennifer Rowley, Lisette Oropesa, Angela Meade, and Tamara Mumford. She later collaborated with Mo. Crutchfield on a recording for Teatro Nuovo's Bel Canto Collection.

Rubén Fernández Aguirre acompaña a Lisette Oropesa al piano en un recital de Lied, el 5de marzo en Les Arts

This is the first in a mini-series of episodes where host Tim Cynova in joined by other white male leaders to discuss their personal and professional journeys as their companies engage in the work to become anti-racist organizations. DAVID B. DEVAN (he/him) joined https://www.operaphila.org/ (Opera Philadelphia) in January 2006 and was appointed General Director of the company in 2011. Since his arrival, David has worked closely with board and administration on strategic planning initiatives and building partnerships within the community and the opera world. David guided the company through a transformative period of innovation that led Opera News to describe it as “one of the leading instigators of new work in the country” and the New York Times to describe Opera Philadelphia as "a hotbed of operatic innovation." Under his leadership and artistic vision, Opera Philadelphia has grown to become a company of international stature and a favorite co-producing partner with companies all over the globe, developing fresh productions of classic works as well as premieres written by today's leading composers. The company has engaged and energized both established and emerging artists, providing opportunities for important role debuts for singers like Lawrence Brownlee, Eric Owens, Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, Christine Goerke, Leah Crocetto, and Lisette Oropesa. As The Daily Beast recently commented, “Opera Philadelphia has been at the forefront of commissioning new operas with contemporary subject matter and an innovative, genre-blending sensibility to snare a younger audience and revitalize opera for the 21st century.” Key achievements include the establishment of the Aurora Series for Chamber Opera at the Perelman Theater, an extremely popular and highly-subscribed opera series at the Kimmel Center's intimate 550-seat Perelman Theater; the establishment of the nation's first ever collaborative Composer in Residence Program with New York partner Music-Theatre Group, a comprehensive program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, designed to foster the growth of tomorrow's great operatic composers; the creation of the American Repertoire Program in 2011, solidifying Opera Philadelphia's role as a national leader in the creation of new works; and the creation of the site-specific Opera in the City series. Under David's leadership, the company established the annual Festival O in 2017, launching each season with an immersive, 12-day festival featuring multiple operatic happenings in venues throughout the city. Opera Philadelphia also presents additional productions each spring, making it the first U.S. opera company to open a year-round season with a dynamic festival. Under David's leadership, Opera Philadelphia has commissioned or co-commissioned eight new operas, including Charlie Parker's YARDBIRD by Daniel Schnyder and Bridgette Wimberly, and starring Lawrence Brownlee, which has since been staged at The Apollo Theater in New York and Hackney Empire in London; Cold Mountain, based on the best-selling novel by Charles Frazier and written by Jennifer Higdon and Gene Scheer, and co-commissioned with The Santa Fe Opera; and Breaking the Waves by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, based on the film by Lars von Trier, which has since been staged at Beth Morrison Projects' PROTOTYPE Festival and was named Best New Opera of 2016 by the Music Critics Association of North America. As immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and a member of the Opera America board, David is privileged to serve in a city with rich and diverse cultural roots. He continues to work tirelessly to make opera as an important part of our community. TIM CYNOVA (he/him) wears a multitude of hats, all in service of creating anti-racist workplaces where people can thrive. He is the Principal of the...

One of opera's great heroines is based on one of history's extraordinary women. The 19th century French courtesan Marie Duplessis was elegant, successful, famous, and gone before her time, dying of tuberculosis at the age of 23. One of her lovers, Alexandre Dumas fils, was so inspired by her that he wrote a novel and a play about her life called The Lady of the Camellias, which in turn inspired Giuseppe Verdi to compose La Traviata. Verdi immortalized Marie Duplessis in the character of Violetta Valéry, giving us a woman both at the height of her vitality and success, and on her deathbed. Alone, and having loved and lost a man named Alfredo, she sings “Addio del passato.” This aria is a farewell to the past and a plea to God for forgiveness. Host Rhiannon Giddens and her guests explore the brief, vibrant life of Marie Duplessis and how Verdi captured her plaintive farewell in music. As a child, soprano Lisette Oropesa saw her mother perform the role of Violetta on stage and was heartbroken by the end! Still, she found the courage to eventually take on this great heroine herself. Lisette has enjoyed learning about the strength, smarts, and tenacity of the real-life Marie Duplessis.  Writer Fred Plotkin is the author of Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera. He has worked in opera since 1972, doing everything but singing, and has written six books on Italian cuisine. Verdi is his hero because he represents all the greatness an artist can achieve both artistically and as a human being. Writer and journalist Liesl Schillinger translated Alexandre Dumas fils' novel, La Dame aux Camélias, and discovered in Marie Duplessis an extraordinary, generous, and shockingly modern woman. In Dumas fils, she discovered a man who was critical of the constraints and double-standards that constrained women during the 1800s.  Actor and director John Turturro is known for his roles in over 60 feature films, but perhaps less well-known as a Verdi fan. He sometimes includes operatic music in his films, and he's even tried his hand at directing Verdi's Rigoletto. Growing up, he remembers fondly how his dad and uncles would gather around a record player to compare and critique different singers' performances of a single aria.

Seit rund fünfzehn Jahren singt die amerikanische Koloratursopranistin Lisette Oropesa an den renommiertesten Opernbühnen der Welt. Die Himmelfahrtskirche in München-Sendling war letzten Sommer Schauplatz der Aufnahmesitzungen zu Oropesas Debüt-Album: Es ist zehn Konzertarien von Mozart gewidmet.

This episode we are joined by Lisette Oropesa, a world renowned opera singer and avid runner/marathoner. We discuss how Lisette got started in the sport of running as part of her weight loss journey and how she's since completed several marathons. Lisette also talks about how practicing yoga regularly and eating a vegan diet contribute to her healthy lifestyle.Lisette shares her story of getting started in music and singing before eventually making her way to starring roles in operas all over the world. We discuss "Opera 101" and learn how the opera performance industry has been uniquely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how Lisette has coped with these difficult times.

T2 E4 de Sotto Voce. La soprano que recibimos en este cuarto episodio no necesita presentación alguna. Lisette Oropesa es sin duda alguna una de las sopranos más sobresalientes a nivel mundial. Con multitud de grabaciones tanto en audio como en video, es hoy en día una soprano referente para todos y una de las más solicitadas en todas las casas de ópera del mundo. Conoce más d su vida en esta charla junto a Alejandra López-Fuentes. Instagram de Lisette Oropesa: https://instagram.com/lisetteoropesa?igshid=1drllp7lflgj7 Voz en Preludios a Sotto Voce: Jesús Cervantes. Voz en Ópera en la Historia: Enrique Guzmán. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

No te pierdas la charla que sostiene Alejandra López-Fuentes con la notable soprano Lisette Oropesa. Una soprano que ha conquistado todas los escenarios de ópera del mundo y es hoy en día una figura de importancia histórica en el mundo de la ópera. Una charla amena y memorable, sólo por Sotto Voce, nuestro programa de Sala Prisma Podcast. A partir del jueves 15 de abril. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

No te pierdas la charla que sostiene Alejandra López-Fuentes con la notable soprano Lisette Oropesa. Una soprano que ha conquistado todas los escenarios de ópera del mundo y es hoy en día una figura de importancia histórica en el mundo de la ópera. Una charla amena y memorable, sólo por Sotto Voce, nuestro programa de Sala Prisma Podcast. A partir del jueves 15 de abril. Una producción de Sala Prisma Podcast. 2021

Née à La Nouvelle-Orléans, Lisette Oropesa s'installe à New York après avoir remporté les Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions et intègre le Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. À l'âge de 22 ans, elle interprète le rôle de Susanna dans Les Noces de Figaro sur la scène new yorkaise où elle se produit régulièrement depuis (Nannetta de Falstaff, Gretel de Hansel et Gretel, Gilda de Rigoletto). Elle fait ses débuts à l'Opéra national de Paris en 2015 dans le rôle de Konstanze de L'Enlèvement au sérail et y interprète ensuite Gilda. Le rôle de Gilda lui ouvre les portes de l'Opéra national d'Amsterdam, de l'Opéra de Rome, de l'Opéra de Los Angeles et du Teatro Real de Madrid. Elle est invitée à l'Opéra de Washington (le rôle-titre de La Fille du régiment), au Bayerische Staatsoper de Munich (Konstanze), au Festival de Glyndebourne (Norina de Don Pasquale), au Royal Opera House de Londres et au Teatro Real de Madrid (Lucia di Lammermoor). Elle a fait cet été ses débuts dans le rôle-titre d'Adina au Festival Rossini de Pesaro et elle a participé à la soirée de gala consacrée à Verdi aux Arènes de Vérone. Son répertoire comprend également les rôles d'Ophélie (Hamlet), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Amalia (I Masnadieri). Lisette Oropesa se produit aussi en concert et en récital (Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw d'Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia à Rome, Ravinia Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Chicago Bach Project, Mostly Mozart Music Festival, etc.). Elle a enregistré deux albums de récital, Within / Without et Aux filles du désert.

[@ 4 min] Oliver goes ‘Inside the Huddle’ with the pioneering Cuban-American composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez. Find out how Maestra Martinez has been toiling over decades to increase the diversity of those composers whose work gets performed and recorded. Plus, Martinez reveals how Dame Ethel Smyth got into “good trouble” and conducted a chorus from prison… [@ 42 min] The OBS officiating crew dips into the listener mailbag for a double header of ‘Post Game Notes’ on Richard Strauss and Beverly Sills, and gives some questionable advice… [@ 1 h 07 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill,’ Lisette Oropesa gets an encore and Andrea Bocelli has a bad take on coronavirus lockdowns… www.operaboxscore.com www.facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore

Another nation, la belle France, has a birthday right around the corner, and today I hoist the Tricolore to celebrate La Fête Nationale. I had planned this episode several weeks ago but when the worldwide #BlackLivesMatter protests began, I felt the need to respond in kind with two episodes featuring music of protest and hope. Today I present the first of two consecutive episodes on French Glamour, for after all, who does Glamour better than the French? I also consider the manner in which exoticism and imperialism make an appearance in French opera in particular. I present a veritable mad rush of great French singers, all possessed of personal poise and vocal appeal. Singers range from such classical artists as Mady Mesplé (whose recent passing we belatedly acknowledge), Régine Crespin, Janine Micheau, Germaine Cernay, Emma Calvé, Renée Doria, Jennie Tourel, Denise Duval, Andrée Esposito, Germaine Féraldy, Françoise Pollet (as well as exemplary Belgian sopranos Emma Luart and Fanny Heldy) to pop singers Joséphine Baker (French by adoption!), and Maurice Chevalier. We allow such non-French interlopers as Geraldine Farrar, Giuseppe di Stefano, Grace Bumbry, Mary Lewis, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Lisette Oropesa, and my beloved Shirley Verrett, many of whom also lived extensively in France, to make their contributions in song to this celebration. And who better than the late Jessye Norman to cap the episode with her rousing rendition of La Marseillaise, as she did in 1989 for the French Bicentennial? Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Join us as we go to Santa Fe, NM to chat with the amazing soprano, Lisette Oropesa, about new projects, life and our way forward in the arts during this unprecedented time. To find out more information about Lisette's Masterclasses, here is the link. http://bit.ly/lomasterclass https://lisetteoropesa.com

This episode is extremely wide-ranging. Not only did Lisette and I speak about performing arts and everything that goes into it, but we speak on social media, biases, and so much more! This episode was really fun to record and we hope you all enjoy. You can follow Lisette on social media @lisetteoropesa on Instagram, Lisette Oropesa on Facebook, or on her website at lisetteoropesa.com!

With an operatic career rising to stratospheric heights, star mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges takes a moment out of her run as Delilah in Washington National Opera's current production of Camille Saint-Saëns grand opera "Samson and Delilah."  Marking her debut with the company, Bridges drops in on THE OPERA DIVA SERIES to chat about her career, future appearances, her love for basketball and much more.  Past guests of the series include Christine Brewer, Leona Mitchell, Nicole Cabell, Denyce Graves, Othalie Graham, Lisette Oropesa, Elizabeth Futral, Angela M. Brown and Carmen Balthrop among others.

durée : 02:00:13 - Musique matin du mardi 31 décembre 2019 - par : Jean-Baptiste Urbain - Elle sera dans le rôle de Rosina pour la reprise du Barbier de Seville du 11 janvier au 12 février à l'Opéra Bastille. Nous recevons ce matin, celle qui a foulé les planchers des plus prestigieuses scènes internationales : la soprano américaine d'origine cubaine, Lisette Oropesa. - réalisé par : Pablo Valero

Soprano Lisette Oropesa was recently named as the winner of the 2019 Richard Tucker Award. She stars in  major productions around the world and has garnered acclaim in several prestigious debuts including in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro Real Madrid and Royal Opera House.  Past winners include such luminaries as Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Joyce DiDonato, Renée Fleming, Christine Goerke, Matthew Polenzani, and Deborah Voigt. Oropesa was inducted into this who’s who of American opera at the foundation’s annual gala on Sunday, October 27, at Carnegie Hall.  She chats with host Patrick D. McCoy about her career, winning the award and her upcoming appearance in DC with Washington Concert Opera in their performance of "Hamlet" by Ambroise Thomas on Sunday, November 24 at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium.

Las puertas de la ópera de Podium Podcast vuelven a abrirse. Mariela Rubio y Rafa Bernardo comienzan la nueva temporada con Il Trovatore de Verdi.En este episodio participa la soprano Lisette Oropesa y el cantautor y pianista Alejandro Martínez. Ambos nos hablan de Verdi y su música. Verdi es un compositor, además, que Oropesa conoce a la perfección. Entre los roles de este compositor que ha representado se cuentan Violeta Valéry (La Traviata), Gilda (Rigoletto), Nanetta (Falstaff) y Amalia (I Masnadieri), que está interpretando precisamente en estos momentos en la Scala de Milán. Esta próxima temporada vuelve al Teatro Real con La Traviata, que también cantará en los próximos meses en la Arena de Verona y en el Met de Nueva York.Alejandro Martínez es cantautor, pero también compositor (ha creado temas para Rozalén o Raphael) y pianista de gira (con Funambulista y Marwan, entre otros). De formación musical clásica, es además profesor de Lengua y Literatura y Música en un instituto. Su último disco es “Usted está aquí” (2018).No nos olvidamos de la obra. La trama de Il Trovatore se desarrolla entre Vizcaya y Aragón a principios del siglo XV. Se trata de una historia truculenta; un drama medieval con asesinatos, brujería, presencias sobrenaturales, parentescos inesperados y el proverbial triángulo amoroso... Tiene de todo, incluidas dos de las melodías más famosas y reconocibles de todos los tiempos.¿Están preparados? Pues ocupen sus localidades que el espectáculo está a punto de comenzar.

Michael and Caroline get coffee with Lisette and Steven, and discuss her journey. She discusses asserting herself as an autonomous artist, how losing weight is only a part of the battle, and other singer things.

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Entre el 2 i el 15 de març, i en el marc del Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival, podrem gaudir de Rodelinda, una òpera del Barroc tardà que Händel composà a Londres.

durée : 00:59:43 - L'Age de feu - par : Lionel Esparza - En direct et en public depuis l'Hôtel Bedford - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

 Lisette Oropesa es una soprano estadounidense de origen cubano.Presencia enigmática, canto cristalino y encantador lirismo. Así hablaron de ella al escucharla por primera vez en el New York Times. La crítica destaca su precisión técnica y dominio de la coloratura.   Escuchar audio

As she makes her debut at the Royal Opera House in Lucia di Lammermoor, Lisette Oropesa talks about combining a career as one of the world's top sopranos with a passion for running marathons.Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. He talks to Shahidha Bari about his follow-up novel, First Person, based on his own experience of ghost-writing a notorious criminal's memoir when he was a penniless and unknown author.Kate MccGwire makes elaborate sculptures from the feathers of crows and doves to jays and magpies. Shahidha visits the artist in her studio - a Dutch barge - where she creates her works surrounded by Thames wildlife.Presenter Shahidha Bari Producer Jerome Weatherald.

When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther was published in 1774, it became an overnight sensation. Men wore yellow waistcoats and leather breeches to look like the novel's lovelorn hero, they carried vials of their own tears to display the depth of their feelings, and they even killed themselves in solidarity with the title character. The story of passionate, unrequited love was equally resonant when Jules Massenet's opera premiered a century later, and the glorious music is still just as heart-rending today.  On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, Merrin Lazyan and Jeff Spurgeon speak with writer James Kuslan about Massenet's Werther. We also hear from mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard about the magnetic power of love at first sight.   Kuslan's first YouTube pick (Tatiana Troyanos, 1982): Kuslan's second YouTube pick (Christa Ludwig and Franco Corelli, 1971): Spurgeon's YouTube pick (Lisette Oropesa and Jonas Kaufmann):  This episode features excerpts from the following album: Massenet: Werther (Philips, 1981)— José Carreras, tenor; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Isobel Buchanan, soprano; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Running, Eating, Thinking editor Martin Rowe and two of the book's essayists, Vegan Pressure Cooking author JL Fields, VLCE, and operatic soprano Lisette Oropesa, in a lively conversation touching on food, body image, baseball—even gym teachers!

Today Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Lisette Oropesa to hear great music and chat about eating vegan “on the road.” Laura will share her Jazzy Tips for snacks and meals that travel well! Soprano Lisette Oropesa has been hailed by The New York Times as an artist with a “magnetic” stage presence, and an “attractively silky, and flexible timbre.” The 2011-12 season sees her debut with the San Francisco Opera as Romilda in Xerxes, followed by Miranda in the new Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island with the Metropolitan Opera (conducted by William Christie), Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Pittsburgh Opera and Ismene in a revival of Mitridate, rè di Ponto with the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. In concert, Ms . Oropesa appeared in Messiah (Part I) with the New Choral Society, made a notable debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Carmina Burana conducted by Riccardo Muti, and presented a duo recital with baritone Brian Mulligan for the George London Foundation at the Morgan Library. In the summer she will perform Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center. Be sure to catch Jazzy Vegetarian on Television too!!