We see her evaluate, and then approve, the ideas as the conspirators hatch the harebrained scheme to give the Count his comeuppance. Her aria Deh Vieni, Non Tardar is exquisite. She resists the usual “smartest girl in the class” smugness that many purveyors of the role affect. Soprano Lisette Oropesa creates a very young, but wise beyond her years, Suzanna. I admired Oropesa in The Enchanted Island at the Met two seasons ago, and here, with superior dramatic material, she’s winning. Lisette Oropesa (who shares Madeline Kahn’s birthday) sings Susanna with sweet vibrance and spunky stage presence.

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Lisette Oropesa was irresistible as Susanna, burbling to and fro in a lovely voice. Opera Lively Nature’s Power Meets Star Power in Santa Fe Aug.She sang naturally throughout the evening, with never a strained note. She had great stage presence, comic flair, good timing in her stage movements, vivid chemistry with both her Figaro and Countess Almaviva, and sang beautifully this Mozart music that suits her voice so well. I was thoroughly impressed with Lisette Oropesa's Susanna. San Francisco Reporter The Marriage of Figaro at Santa Fe Opera Aug.That Letter Duet, “Sull’aria” with the Countess, could hardly be better sung.

I still can’t get her limpid, astutely phrased “Deh vieni” out of my head. His Susanna, Lisette Oropesa, makes an incandescent debut. Albuquerque Journal Green Is Gold July 9, 2013.In her touching final aria “Deh vieni non tardar (At last the moment is near)” one can almost hear her becoming tired of the subterfuge and simply wishing to be married peacefully to Figaro. Lisette Oropesa, also from the Metropolitan Opera, employs her clear and appealing soprano to the myriad emotions of the complex young woman – cajoling, frustration, jealousy and ultimate satisfaction. Santa Fe New Mexican Opera rekindles Figaro’s marriage July 7, 2013.Nothing in the evening surpassed her rendition of “Deh vieni, non tardar” in Act IV, in which she spun strands of magic in the evening air. Lisette Oropesa, who made everyone fall in love with her right from the outset in her company debut. SFO spins Mozart’s magic in ‘Le nozze di Figaro’ July 1, 2013

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