Lisette Oropesa
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Lisette Oropesa (born September 29, 1983) is an American operatic soprano of Cuban ancestry. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she grew up in Baton Rouge and initially studied the flute for a decade before shifting her focus to vocal performance at Louisiana State University. Her operatic career formally launched after she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2005, which led her to join the Met's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. At 22 years old, she performed her fi...
Known For
Filmography
The Metropolitan Opera: I Puritani
2026
as Elvira
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
2026
as Live in HD host
Lucia di Lammermoor
2026
as Lucia
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda - Salzburg Festival
2025
as Maria Stuarda
La Sonnambula - Rome
2024
Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
2024
as Maria Stuarda
Il turco in Italia - Teatro Real de Madrid
2023
as Fiorilla
Rigoletto - ROH
2022
as Gilda
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
2022
as Giulietta
La Traviata
2021
as Violetta Valéry
Gala del Belcanto - Omaggio al melodramma di Bellini e Donizetti
2021
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
as Self
Royal Opera All-Star Gala
2020
Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Wiener Staatsoper
2020
as Konstanze
The Metropolitan Opera: Manon
2019
as Manon Lescaut
Opéra National de Paris: Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots
2018
as Marguerite de Valois
Lucia di Lammermoor
2018
Le Nozze di Figaro: San Francisco Opera
2015
as Susanna
The Metropolitan Opera: Werther
2014
as Sophie
Verdi: Falstaff
2013
as Nannetta
Falstaff - San Francisco Opera
2013
as Nannetta
Das Rheingold
2010
as Woglinde
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
2009
as Lisette
The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
2008
as The Dew Fairy
Manon Lescaut – The Met
2008
as Madrigal singer
Puccini's Il trittico
2007
as Lay sister
Great Performances
1971
as Elvira