Lisette Oropesa, Il Pomo d’Oro & Antonello Manacorda – Mozart: Ombra compagna (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:21:28 minutes | 2,85 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone
Soprano Lisette Oropesa presents her solo debut album “Ombra Compagna”, a kaleidoscope of concert arias by Mozart, whose music is very dear to her heart. These concert arias, written for important sopranos in his life, contain the most lavish and virtuosic music Mozart composed, both for the voice and for the orchestra. The emotional centre of the album is the aria Ah, lo previdi, in which the most sublime music accompanies the journey between life and death, as the spirit of a loved one slips away. For Oropesa, to be an “Ombra compagna” means to be with someone in spirit, a comforting yet heart-breaking testament of love.
Read more
Lisette Oropesa, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden & Corrado Rovaris – Rossini & Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:11 minutes | 2,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone
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 bel canto and verismo repertoire, and makes his Pentatone debut.
Read more
Lisette Oropesa – Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:58:48 minutes | 3,29 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
True cast of stars for this recording of Handel’s masterpiece Theodora: Lisette Oropesa in the title role; Joyce DiDonato as Irene; Michael Spyres as Septimius; John Chest as Valens; Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian as Didymus.
With Il Pomo d’Oro orchestra and choir and conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev.
This follows the acclaimed recording of Agrippina, also with the winning team of Joyce, Maxim, and Il Pomo d’Oro – Gramophone Editor’s Choice of March 2021.
A dramatic oratorio in three acts set to an English libretto by Thomas Morell, Theodora (HWV 68) concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus.
“Great critical acclaim for the performances in Europe and at the Royal Opera House; German Opernglas called the cast a “Luxusbesetzung”.
“…the stage is dominated by the almost overwhelming presence of Joyce DiDonato. Physical presence, on the one hand, notably in the visual communication maintained with the choir … Vocal presence, on the other hand, so much the mezzo impresses by the depth of her commitment, the absolute mastery of her singing, the imagination and the audacity of her ornaments. Dramatic presence, one would have to add, by the incredible projection of the text … From a character of little theatrical interest, she ends up being the pillar of the work.” – Res Musica
Read more
Lisette Oropesa, René Barbera, Lester Lynch, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresdner Philharmonie & Daniel Oren – Verdi: La traviata (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:14:56 minutes | 4,72 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone
The Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including René Barbera as Alfredo, Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. Verdi’s opera from 1853 was revolutionary in the sense that it presented a subject of its own time, rather than the usual historically remote stories. Interestingly enough, this tragic story of a woman sacrificing her love to save the honour of her beloved’s family still feels as fresh and topical as ever before, explaining its unrelenting popularity. La Traviata is an endless outpour of memorable melodies with a gripping dramatic pace, as well as a tale that is both heartrending and provocative. The main soprano role gradually shifts from coloratura virtuosity to a more lyrical, dramatic idiom when the tragedy progresses, and this performance shows Oropesa’s fluency in both styles. After having sung the title role in the greatest opera houses worldwide, this studio recording captures her unparalleled interpretation for generations to come.
Read more