Lisette Oropesa shines radiantly in Mozart with the Met Orchestra

Lisette Oropesa, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra

Lisette Oropesa

Par Susan Stempleski, 13 juin 2024

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“gracefully voiced the long legato lines and effortlessly negotiated the coloratura runs and trills”

Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York, le 11 juin 2024

Montgomery, Hymn for Everyone

Mozart, Aria for Soprano, "Vado, ma dove? -- oh Dei!", K583

Mozart, Recitative and Aria for Soprano, "A Berenice... Sol nascente", K70 (K61c)

Brahms, Symphonie no. 1 en ut mineur, Op.68

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Direction

Lisette Oropesa, Soprano

La classe américaine : The Met Orchestra et Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Tristan Labouret, 27th June

En deux jours, avec des programmes associant pages symphoniques et extraits d'œuvres lyriques, l'orchestre new-yorkais a montré son art et ses singularités au public parisien, 22 ans après sa dernière venue en France.

****1

Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

Innocence: Saariaho’s final opera receives New York premiere

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th April

At the Metropolitan Opera, Innocence proves a gripping and perhaps divisive piece which feels real because it is a reflection of our reality, with no realistic hope of finding peace.

*****

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life

Susan Stempleski, 4th February

William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, overlooked for decades, heads an all-American program of 20th-century works in New York.

****1

Ailyn Pérez is the perfect Butterfly in the Met’s revival

Robert Levine, 13th January

Good Butterflys are not that difficult to come by but great ones are very very rare. Ailyn Pérez fits the bill in this revival of Anthony Minghella’s classic staging.

*****

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.

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