...Lisette Oropesa has made her Paris operatic debut in the first of two performances of Verdi's RIGOLETTO at the Opéra Bastille. She popped over to the French capital from Glyndebourne, where she is preparing to sing Norina in DON PASQUALE.
Her colleagues in the Verdi are Vittorio Grigolo and Željko Lučić, with Daniele Ristioni on the podium. Lisette has previously sung Gilda at The Met and Amsterdam, and will be singing the role again at Los Angeles in May, 2018, opposite Leo Nucci. It's reported that Parisian opera-lovers greeted her Bastille debut performance with a standing ovation.
Lisette recently released her debut album, Within/Without, recorded live at her Washington DC recital in March 2017. Vlad Iftinca is the pianist.