Lisette Oropesa in Meyerbeer's 'Les Huegenots'

[@RodolfoLimacbx]

*Best opera singer of our generation!*

[@Shahrdad]

She's breathtaking. There is no one else like her today.

[@angelpaz55]

I agree 200 %

[@wallymarcel1]

Shahrdad You’d have to go back to the last century to find someone comparable.

[@PrinceOberon87]

@@wallymarcel1 joan Sutherland

[@szegedification]

I agree hers is the most beautiful soprano voice today.

[@fideliofidelio1222]

She is a friend of mine dear !

[@claesrobertnyman]

I love her voice! The Voice of this century? ❣

[@bradchavisjr.9783]

I honestly think that she’s perfect… like she is jaw dropping perfect. I LOVE her. This was like wayyy too amazing. By far, the most best singing I’ve ever heard before. She is out of this world. It felt like I was watching a movie!! And the ensemble singing with her… like everything was literally perfect!! The set, the scene and mood that it set, just so moving wow. I’m speechless.

[@davidallen3687]

I don't know how many times I've watched this. It's fab! Love her!

[@lionelquintin2999]

Une vraie voix, somptueuse et respectant la musicalité du texte. Des nuances stupéfiantes et des aigus tenus. Chaque note est parfaite. Une des grandes actuelles.

[@thebluemartin9680]

Un grand moment d’opéra auquel j’ai eu l’immense chance d’assister. Merci 🙏 Lisette!

[@manuelamoreno353]

Listening to her brings tears in my eyes and it's good for emotions

[@marianagomes1471]

What a voice! What a tecnique! Perfect! My inspiration!

[@taylorhawley616]

Talk about a perfect master class at Carnegie Hall. She soars like a Dove, in the upper coloratura register with such ease and precision. She has mastered the bel canto style. Bravo!!!!!!!!

[@agnbanach]

I can't belive that someone can sing like that. It is beyond my imagination. Brava!!!

[@ciociosan]

One word: miracle.

[@mathjf4768]

Absolument splendide de bout en bout, de l'épanchement à la virtuosité de bravoure ! distinction du phrasé, justesse du ton, classe interprétative et scénique... Des trilles battus à l'envie, une vocalisation sans expédient et d'une merveilleuse souplesse aussi bien qu'n sens jamais gratuit des nuances, celles-ci toujours colorées, achèvent d'éblouir !!!

[@joanneb3935]

Unbelievable talent--my socks are blown off! A true opera great for our time.

[@Juungske]

Lisette everytime i hear you singing you touch my heart!

[@michelklein7984]

J etais hier soir à son concert à Rio de janeiro. Quelle grande voix, et pourtant si souple. Technique superbe . J ai eu l impression de revenir aux temps des grandes cantatrices enfin! Remarquable air des Puritains, lucia, la rondine.... En plus simple et sympathique!!! Bravo bravo

[@tempsperdu9278]

Ah! Mon Dieu, je l'avais déjà entendu chanter ceci comme les anges, et me voici à nouveau tombé à ses pieds, ébloui par l'élégance et perfection de cette interprétation... Je ferme les yeux et je crois entendre le gazouillement magique d'oiseaux au printemps...

[@rk100364]

She just announced on Facebook she is the recipient of this years Beverly Sills Award!!!!

[@taylorhawley616]

No surprise there. Sills would've loved her and her masterful techniques.

[@taylorhawley616]

That she got the Sills award should come as no surprise. Congratulations to her.

[@claesrobertnyman]

This woman is one of a kind, just breathtaking!

[@bozhidarbogdanov4840]

God be blessed!Finally a real talent!I cannot believe my ears,a singer of such dimensions!

[@SR-jx8yu]

The Callas/Sutherland of our time. A true musician, artist and technician. Just wonderful

[@Shahrdad]

@bablatoss It's a different kind of voice. Her way of singing, her musicianship, and her phrasing remind me a lot more of Callas than Sutherland. I often think of her as Callas's prettier daughter. Whereas Callas was like a rich oil painting, Lisette is like a gorgeous watercolor.

[@angalafan]

Shahrdad Ah ah, you did a pretty nice and funny comparison with different painting technics ! It's true indeed !

[@josephmanley4417]

You obviously do not know who and what Callas and Sutherland were. Though very good, Oropesa is nothing like those two giants. For one thing, she does not have even a small fraction of the voices Callas and Sutherland had - much less the historic and epic virtuosity and musicianship of the two. Callas was one of the great musicians of the 20th century on any instrument. Oropesa - very nice, just not remotely in the same category.

[@fedoraromanov1081]

Lei è meravigliosa. Quello che non capisco è perché debba essere circondata da mostri che fanno il pediluvio.

[@raarnoldra]

She deserves the Richard Tucker award. She is the best of her generation and singing at all the world's greatest opera houses. She makes her debut at La Scala this summer. Also, she needs a recording contract asap.

[@savannahdillard476]

Well, guess who just won the Richard Tucker award? :)

[@raarnoldra]

@@savannahdillard476 Oh, I know! This week she also received the Beverly Sills Award from the Met. I hope a major recording contract is on the horizon.

[@doperasinger]

R Arnold I’m SOOO wondering when that’s going to happen! She’s really at her prime and can sing any lyric coloratura role she desires

[@raarnoldra]

And now she has announced that she has a major recording contract (a FIVE year contract). She is recording an album of Mozart concert arias, right now, as I type this!

[@angelpaz55]

OMG ! Dear Lisette , this is simply awesome !!!!! You´re starting to play with mythical roles.....BRAVA !! BRAVA !! BRAVA!! Gracias Lisette !! :-)

[@belcantospecialist]

Goosebumps!!!!!! So effortlessly done. Sheer perfection.

[@fideliofidelio1222]

Cette superbe chanteuse a quelque chose de Callassien ... Elle fait partie des rarissimes chanteuses qu'on veut écouter sans même vouloir la voir...

[@LaDivinaLover]

The staging looks like a deshabilles dress rehearsal but that VOICE. Omg. Total package and astounding!

[@pendafen7405]

Personally I enjoy how deconstructed and stripped down it is, but of course that won't be to the majority's tastes.

[@davidsmith779]

Beautiful. Such a lovely aria

[@agnieszkakruszyna4625]

Pure beauty! 🤩 Perfect, as always ❤

[@eveliolugones3382]

Gran herencia hispana inspira este arte excepcional. Gracias, Lisette, x el regalo de tu voz y tu presencia en escena. Gracias, Tomas, por subirlo.

[@JacquesOeslick]

Lisette, vous parvenez à redonner vie à un opéra français bien oublié... je voudrais tant vous entendre dans Lazuli de l'Étoile, et aussi dans Minka du Roi malgré lui ! Vous y feriez merveille... et pourquoi pas, un jour, Mélisande ?

[@69EBubu]

Oui, Minka, mais aussi Gwendoline, dont elle pourrait parfaitement maitriser la tessiture meurtriere qui va du colorature lyrique au presque soprano dramatique. Je crois que pour Mélisande, elle est bien au-dela des exigences du rôle. Elle est à mon sens, la seule depuis Sutherland a pouvoir prétendre aborder le rôle d'Esclarmonde (auquel même Fleming ne s'est jamais frotté).

[@joaocampelo3725]

Wow! It’s the first time I listen to this lady! She is incredible 😍😍😍😍

[@glibbergloop]

She's addicting!

[@joaocampelo3725]

Back here to watch it again.. still mesmerized ❤

[@lungdoc]

Delighted to find out answer to my question what the Met is doing for her ? is “ a lot “ She will be doing Traviata and Manon next Season as announced today. Brava Diva! Well deserved.

[@robertnyman905]

I´m speachless!

[@FaustinaBordoni]

This is sensational singing! Lisette Oropesa is the world's premiere lyric coloratura. The MET needs to cast her and Lawrence Brownlee in LE COMTE ORY. It has ignored her for far too long.

[@Rcoppin1991]

FaustinaBordoni absolutely! I don’t know why they won’t give her a Lucia... she is a star. Fleming and Sutherland combined into the perfect singer.

[@ciociosan]

FaustinaBordoni To be fair, I think it's just a matter of logistics. Both artists are booked years in advance. I would, however, love to see them in either Lucia or Comte Ory.

[@bluechazzan]

Twice next season (finally)!

[@raarnoldra]

She will be singing Violetta and Manon next season at the Met.

[@johnboy8576]

Yeah that's true. Met gives her the same roles. Two years Traviata and without a broadcast. They will do Lucia and Lisette is not in the cast. Met has to recognize her talent and give her Amina, Elvira, Adèle, Lucia e.t.c.

[@MrRafwww]

I just keep coming back 👌🏾

[@elhayal7742]

Virtuosidad, fuerza, belleza en estado puro, nos eleva y encandila. Qué gran descubrimiento el de esta diva divina.

[@mariajosecastillocandela2637]

Maravillosa voz....que bonita interpretación... Elegante. Bravo

[@IngoMerx]

Sie ist einfach großartig, es ist eine Freude ihr zu zuhören

[@caracarissima5808]

Insane singing, love you

[@mapaezpumar64]

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE SINGING, PERFECT A BEYONE!!! BRAAAVA LISETTE BRAAAVA!!

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo bravo bravo brilliance fantastic vocal super

[@giudiciadanna4550]

Spero che i vedovi della Devia si siano accorti che c'e' n'e' una meglio. Bel colore di voce, tecnica, estensione, interprete, simpatia, sorridente, impeccabile, trilli a tutte le altezze, perfetta dizione, sopracuti belli e timbrati, charme da vendere. ATTRICE per davvero. Cara Lisette, il futuro e' tuo.

[@stavrosanthias7876]

Spectacular! 🥂😄

[@Lechatnoir3]

7:45-8:05 is pure heaven. DIVINE!!!!!

[@savannahdillard476]

I absolutely love this, one hundred and ten percent. (Can I do that? ;)) I have no other words.

[@JoanSutherlandFan]

The breath is perfect!!!

[@MariaBasilio-d4k]

O cenario? Comico! A voz?Nss alturas!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rk100364]

She is spectacular!

[@tonio7367]

SHE IS WONDERFUL! BRAVA! and she speaks FRENCH properly....

[@barbaragauhl6175]

Beautiful ❤️

[@ludovicpaste2969]

superbe réelle grande interprétation de cet air souvent coupé de moitié ! le Da Capo est juste parfait d'intonation de technique et d'implication dramatique dans les couleurs de voix ! avec une cadence sur en Ut filé décrescendo juste un rêve ! Amazing great rendition !

[@adrianday3118]

Just exquisite. It’s unfair to compare to singers who have departed. We don’t compare Justin Bieber to Elvis Presley. I’m very interested to see the roles she will take on as she gets older. Her trills are accurate. Her expression is beautiful. She engages a dark chest sound in the lower register fearlessly (very rare in today’s singers!). She is deservedly an international star ⭐️ 👸 🎶 😍

[@eberlinpascal2837]

C'est ravissant ! Elle chante avec beaucoup d'élégance et de finesse cet air redoutable de Marguerite de Valois .On ne peut pas la comparer à Sutherland qui a une voix beaucoup plus corsée .Ni même à Sills qui fait preuve d'un abattage étourdissant dans cet air .Donc elle a son style à elle ,elle chante très bien et c'est assez équilibré au niveau de l'ornementation : ni trop ,ni trop peu ! C'est très bien comme cela .

[@69EBubu]

Je ne suis pas certain que Sutherland, en salle, ait eu une voix "beaucoup plus corsée" (mais je ne l'ai jamais entendue live, hélas). Ce n'était pas une "grosse" voix, mais extremement bien "focusée". Et les enregistrements au disque, avec des volumes et des équilibres "trafiqués" ne peuvent donner une idée exacte de ce que pouvait donner la voix en salle. Lisette a un registre grave plus corsé que celui de Sutherland, et une aisance particuliere pour monter et descendre sur TOUT le registre avec une facilité quasiment unique.

[@KimBakTarot]

Ssso good!! Olga Makarina live one & this one is two of my fav ver.!!!! This aria is... crazy by the one.. so hard lol hahahaha😅😂haha

[@claudinevoirain5945]

sublime

[@davidallen3687]

Lovely!

[@markbeck8384]

Oh my God, I loved this! Beautiful costumes, scenery; but Lisette Oropesa is just brilliant. I'm probably an opera idiot or something, but I did not know her. I will follow her now. Another thought: Meyerbeer knew what he was doing. I have seen several of his operas and sort of thought of them as melodic, but deeply old-fashioned. Staged right, like this, I think they might be still very appealing. Still, I imagine there are few singers who can manage what Lisette Oropesa has brought to this scene.

[@clarktrent8952]

Though I am not the greatest fan of Meyerbeer, or for that matter the French Language and French Opera, I just *love* Ms. Oropesa's performance here! Such Silk, Subtlety. She is truly in the Bel Canto lineage, with intent or unawares. Can we all say Lily Pons???

[@szegedification]

Interesting comparison certainly her voice has more beauty than Callas or Sutherland.

[@anastassiamarr5876]

omg yes, I didn't realize until you said it! Pure perfection!

[@rodhuss]

El fenómeno Lisette! Hay que admitirlo, es estupenda.

[@artysqueezy184]

Wow!!

[@말말귀자님]

감사합니다 힐링하고 갑니다^^

[@giuseppeaccardoart1436]

Bravissima!

[@BellaFirenze]

There is a God, after all.

[@ВалерийОгнев-п9ю]

Блестящее исполнение!

[@magicflute3]

Bella elegante raffinata grande cantante- fibalmente qualcuno da ammirare! E sembra anche simpatica

[@hashatz]

Marvelous. Anything else would be icing on the cake. But this cake needs no icing. It can stand alone.

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

Brava!

[@charlesrhodes1358]

Her singing is so spectacular it makes me forget the horrible production and costumes that in no way( except in the mind of the designer) reflect Meyebeer's opera.

[@patrickandrew2785]

Amen to that...

[@SR-jx8yu]

Not since Sutherland has this wonderful aria been sung with such virtuosity

[@SR-jx8yu]

Po

[@necessarydiva]

Like one would say in the hood, "She is sick wid it." OMG

[@jimnelson9754]

Listen to anna moffo sinvging. She was and is the best.

[@jaquesuarez7215]

Es maravillosa su vos agudos nítidos este ete

[@SR-jx8yu]

So wonderful and so SECURE in her technique, breathing .... a great Bel Canto soprano and a cut above the rest who sing this repertoire.

[@stephencostan207]

this woman is a nightingale............incredible repertoire........i would put her in the same league as the great CALLAS

[@69EBubu]

The only one who can compare today with the exceptional rendition of this opera by Joan Sutherland ! Technique, style, volume, musicianship ! A glorious career ahead of her !

[@skyhunk]

Where was this production? What is the set supposed to represent? A garden, or a forest perhaps? She certainly is magnificent, and at such a seemingly young age!!

[@lgutman1004]

This is from Opera de Bastille 2018 production. The set is garden of the Château de Chenonceau in Loire valley. Marguerite de Valois awaits there her wedding to Henry Of Navarre future Henry IV of France. www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-18-19/opera/les-huguenots

[@hashatz]

In order to fully appreciate Lisette Oropesa's magnificence and splendor one must go back to the performance of La Stupeda, Joan Sutherland, in the 1962 La Scala production of Les Huguenots. The two sopranos are simply brilliant in their performances. Sutherland's voice is bigger and heavier than Oropesa's. However, Oropesa is Sutherland's equal. What a find after sixty years!?

[@hashatz]

That's what I call: "Using your head"@@lilianelidova

[@supawels3627]

Offenbar gibt es nicht nur Sumi Jo, und Frau Callas ist sowieso längst eingeholt. Diesem Aplaus wird sich wohl jeder aus der Ferne anschließen.

[@philippegontier5510]

Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer 1836 ....

[@Eiswirth1]

She's no Sutherland , but that was wonderful.

[@jesusmunoz2400]

Que pena de ver estas producciones surrealistas, se están cargando la opera con tantos experimentos escénicos. Oropesa genial.

[@frankfurter6561]

My 6 year old son has twice the voice without microphones. And his neck is totally relaxed when he sings.

[@peternystrom8981]

Frank Furter I feel sorry for you because that is a big voice !

[@frankfurter6561]

@@peternystrom8981 I feel sorry for you because obviously you have never heard a BIG operatic voice in your life.

[@aleandrofcabrera]

Thank God it's just you she is amazing

[@agnieszkakruszyna4625]

So listen to your son and stop writing this stupid comments

[@rossinilove]

Well, obviously she'll never have any kind of a career.

[@fedoraromanov1081]

Bravissima. Ma perché infliggerci il pediluvio universale?

[@JK-xz6mj]

She sounds so much like Georghiu

[@yk5148]

Much better than Nadine Sierra

[@Tkimba2]

Absolutely

[@SoLNaTaL555]

Two different singers, that's so disrespectful to compare them... I don't think Nadine Sierra has this role in her repertoire..

[@yk5148]

@@SoLNaTaL555 I know Nadine Sierra doesn't sing this rôle ; I just compare their vocal technique. I think they are both imperfect, but Lisette sings much better than Nadine. This comparison is not useless because their vocal types are similar and they share some rôles.

[@SoLNaTaL555]

@@yk5148 ofcourse they're imperfect, who is perfect??? For goodness sake!!!

[@yk5148]

@@SoLNaTaL555 It’s a matter of degree. Caballé had really advanced technique (almost perfect), while Lisette is mediocre and Nadine is terrible.

[@meinsinddiewalder5524]

What absolutely terrifying neck/muscle tension in her singing. A true sight to behold. I really hope young singers do not aspire to the overdeveloped muscle straining seen here. And must the vibrato CONSTANTLY change speed? Must each vowel constantly spread? Must the soft palate drop and the larynx rise for every single high note?

[@aleandrofcabrera]

Just your opinion not ours thank God.

[@ggrobbins9353]

Thank God you’re not teaching voice in a conservatory, Alandro. Ms Oropesa has a beautiful voice but neck tension is neck tension and incorrect singing somewhere technically.

[@1UShawn]

the neck muscles demonstration is science's textbook worthy.

[@1UShawn]

@@savioalves1234 Before it existed ;)

[@agnieszkakruszyna4625]

And your screaming is better? You are delusional 😂

[@gabrielfrota4190]

Omg, her neck 😰

[@ggrobbins9353]

Yup. Sometimes she She Presses the voice too forward in the middle / upper middle and then the top lacks correct space and chiaroscuro for the top and she has to squeeze because her vocal cords are stuck in too narrow a position and not relaxed enough to stretch.

[@emitch9213]

I have been spoiled. Has not anyone heard of Montserrat Caballe? Once again, Caballe sets the aria to an untouched level. This lovely soprano wobbles in her vibrato that is unattractive. And without color there is no dimension as is likened to another soprano. Opera houses 'cost saving' contemporization for sets and costumes are boring to distill the flavor of the given original libretti intent. Frankly, this set looks like a 1960s network broadcast for The Judy Garland Show.

[@joaquintermes2854]

Magnífica Montserrat Caballé

[@bodiloto]

dove canta questa bellissima giovane donna ? in un bagno turco ?! ... i tecnici del suono hanno esagerato con lo stereo ancora una volta ...

[@Tkimba2]

Nel deserto dei tartari. Ringraziamo questo regista raffinato. Ha molto talento, comunque... Anche se secondo me la tecnica è migliorabile.

[@christopherrobinwattsthoma6318]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MarieRoque3985]

I am so unimpressed with this instrument. It is very strident at the top sometimes and the registers are not uniform. There is also a labored quality to the fiotura. I'm not sure why people are so into it.

[@FaustinaBordoni]

You’re unimpressed with Lisette’s instrument because your understanding of good singing is warped. I don’t know you, so I can’t help you fix that. Besides, you’re entitled to have poor taste. And you don’t have to watch Lisette’s videos. If you don’t like her, don’t watch her. But forsake the enterprise of trying to turn knowledgeable fans of great singing against her. You will fail. Because we know great art. Toodles!

[@Tkimba2]

I think the answer to your question is simple and you and I know it

[@ericwierzbinski4993]

We all pity you.

[@marcelbureau2753]

This initial comment is very accurate. THIS IS HORRIBLE SINGING!!! In fact, she is not singing she is screaming. The voice is thin, shrill, weak squeaky … For people who think it is good singing, please please explore the internet and listen to old singers who completed their vocal study with success. Be curious, compare and I hope you can discover what good singing is. You deserve better than this.

[@PrinceOberon87]

Beautiful interpretation but awful staging. her trill is off though

[@fan2jnrc]

One of the most ugly and ridiculous productions I've ever seen. And this version of this aria is too long. It may be the original one, but the first part is traditionally abridged for good reasons. Her voice in itself is nice though.

[@Filipd-rx2gd]

she is the new Joan Sutherland

[@sw5114]

The ‘old’ 15:42 Joan Sutherland is still the ‘new’ Joan Sutherland. Oropesa is quite capable and sings well, but one cannot compare the instrument with JS.