This studio recording captures her unparalleled interpretation for generations to come. After having sung the title role in the greatest opera houses worldwide,

Lyrical, dramatic idiom when the tragedy progresses, and this performance shows Oropesa’sįluency in both styles. The main soprano role gradually shifts from coloratura virtuosity to a more Memorable melodies with a gripping dramatic pace, as well as a tale that is both heartrendingĪnd provocative. Sacrificing her love to save the honour of her beloved’s family still feels as fresh and topical asĮver before, explaining its unrelenting popularity. Interestingly enough, this tragic story of a woman Than the usual historically remote stories. Opera from 1853 was revolutionary in the sense that it presented a subject of its own time, rather Present Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including René Barbera asĪlfredo, Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. Lester Lynch’s Germont sounds rather blustery, alas, but he gives a fine account of the oft-omitted ‘No, non udrai rimproveri’.The Dresdener Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren

The Dresdner Philharmonie, under the direction of Daniel Oren, also deserves praise, creating an atmosphere of fevered hedonism in the opening party scene, allowing the music to breathe expansively in more lyrical moments and cranking up the tension as the estranged lovers spar against each other at the end of Act II. By the end of the first scene, we genuinely believe that this adorable pair are falling in love by the last, our hearts are breaking. René Barbera, meanwhile, is a caring, expressive Alfredo, and the two voices are well matched in weight and tone, floating together delicately like spun gossamer as they take flight at the culmination of ‘Un dì, felice, eterea’. And what a dazzling interpretation it turns out to be! A lighter-voiced Violetta than many, leaning more towards the lyric than the dramatic, she sings with a consistent, shimmering beauty, effortless legato and an endearing sense of character. Highly acclaimed for her recent performances in La traviata at major opera houses in the US, Britain, Italy and Spain, the Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa has now recorded the work.

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