Lisette Oropesa
@Lisette_Oropesa
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Opera singer, Marathoner, vegan, happy!
New York, NY
Joined October 2011
@markedly My next move would be to gulp and then try to offer them a compliment, to let them know I’m a nice presence to be around. Hope that helps!.
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Happy birthday Verdi! We love you! Thank you for all the amazing music you have gifted us! Grazie Maestro Verdi!!
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I’m deeply honored to have been named the winner of Italy’s prestigious Premi Abbiati, in the category of Best Female Singer. So grateful to the Associazione Nazionale Critici Musicale for this award! #PremiAbbiati
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God bless you, my friend 🇺🇦.
Ukrainian operatic baritone Yuriy Yurchuk sings his country’s national anthem at 10 Downing Street, in a plea for peace.
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“Sopranos are supposed to break glasses right?”. Recorded during my Instagram live from the @MetOpera a couple of days before the shutdown. I hope you all are enjoying some opera! . #opera #breakglass #soprano
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Today I read very disappointing racist comments by an important member of the @RTuckerMusicFdn board on a colleague’s page, & they’re still up! This org supports American singers. yet has only awarded ONE black singer the big award in 39 years! #changemusthappen Do better RTMF!!.
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Taken on my first trip to London back in 2010….Happy to be back here again to make my role debut in Händel’s ALCINA at @RoyalOperaHouse .This is my 5th Händel role and one that I’m eager to begin working on in a new production by Richard Jones. Performances begin Nov 8th! 👍
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Made it to #Madrid and went for a run already!! I’m so happy that we made it without any more issues; To travel at this time, and to be able to return to the stage…my gratitude is infinite! First show is July 18th! @Teatro_Real #LaTraviata
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I’m so grateful for everyone who watched us around the world!! This #MetGala meant the world to me. Today was the 1st time in weeks I've felt the indescribable adrenaline rush of performance day. #thevoicemustbeheard.
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Descanse en paz, querida maestra…te extrañaremos aquí en la tierra, pero sabemos que su espiritu quedará siempre entre nosotros.
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Laying the groundwork now for an upcoming role debut next season. I’ll take more Händel…heck yes! 😍
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I found her at the gym and got a selfie with the queen!!! Love @MattilaKarita who is opening in Jenufa @RoyalOperaHouse on Sept 28! Go and see her! #jubileehall #london #Karita #Jenufa #diva #fitdiva #fitspo #gymbuddies
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Welcome back to the theatre! I’m feeling very emotional to be part of tonight’s opening performance of Rigoletto @RoyalOperaHouse See you tonight for the first #Roh show w/ a full theatre since March 2020!! #rohrigoletto
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Thank you so much to the @RTuckerMusicFdn for honoring me this year. I can't wait to come to New York and sing at the gala at @carnegiehall on October 27th! It is an immense privilege to win this award, and one that I will do my best to live up to for the rest of my life. ❤️
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I’m happy to be returning to the @MetOpera as Gilda in December! I was last there as Violetta in March 2020, before the shutdowns; it means so much to be returning before the end of 2022. My dear friend @LucaSalsi75 and I will be father&daughter once again! #Rigoletto #VivaVerdi
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Dear sweet voice of an angel! Your grace and beauty in all you sang was an inspiration and a testament to your mastery! We will miss you so much. May you wake in the pastures of heaven and sing in eternal glory! #ripedita #editagruberova
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My first day here in Salzburg! I’m delighted to get to know this magical city and make my debut here in Lucia di Lammermoor on August 25th. Today, I’m working with the amazing Young Artists, giving coachings and masterclasses to a very talented group! @SbgFestival
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Dear friends,.Excited to be back in Paris tomorrow, jumping in for a single Sunday matinee performance of Violetta in LA TRAVIATA at the @operadeparis! Looking forward to sharing the stage with my dear friends Ludovic Tézier and Rene Barbera with Giacomo Sagripanti conducting!
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Tonight is our penultimate performance of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro alla Scala! . Toi toi toi to everyone for tonight's show!
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This happened! Grazie @teatroallascala per questo onore grandissimo e indimenticabile! Prossime recite 16, 20, 23, 26, 29 aprile, 2, 5 maggio. ❤️🇮🇹
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Time to say Addio del passato to the tragic courtesan I’ve sung in 5 productions since March 2020. I’ll sing Violetta again in June 2022 @bay_staatsoper .Until then: Theodora, Giuletta, Fiorilla, Lucia, Konstanze, concerts, Zarzuela, Liederabend. See my website for full schedule
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Je suis amoureuse de la langue et du peuple français, et j’ai consacré mon coeur et âme à la présentation du répertoire français. Être nommé Chevalière des Arts et des Lettres est un grand honneur pour moi. MERCI BEAUCOUP! @RimaAbdulMalak @MinistereCC @jpthiellay 🇫🇷
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Merry Christmas from Ravello! Concert tomorrow @RavelloFestivaI Hope your hearts and homes are full of joy and love! May your loved ones be near. May the joy of the season bring you happiness and comfort. #buonnatale #christmas #italy #ravello
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So sad to learn of the passing of the legendary Mirella Freni…may she rest in peace. She worked with me on Susanna when I was a young artist. I was lucky to have that opportunity, and to learn from the best.
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I am so happy to be back at the @RoyalOperaHouse to perform in a livestream gala! We have some interesting programing for you all!. 🔔 The Royal Opera: Live in Concert will be broadcast live on Friday 4 September 7.30pm BST.
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That’s a wrap! Just spent the week in Munich recording my 1st solo album with orchestra! Mozart Concert Arias with @ilpdo, led by Antonello Manacorda. This will be the first release under a 5yr deal with San Francisco Classical Recording Company released by @PENTATONEmusic #happy
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In the end, music will be what consoles us, what inspires us, and what saves us.
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I’m very glad to be able to sing once again at the Liceu here in #Barcelona! Please come, if you can, and see our performances of #Traviata! My dates are Dec 15, 19, 22, and 27! Di questo core non puoi comprendere tutto l’amore. 💓💓💓 @Liceu_cat
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Today’s the day! We premiere #LaTraviata, my second title role at @MetOpera this season. To say I feel lucky and grateful doesn’t begin to capture the essence of the emotions that fill me. Ready to dive into the sea that is this character.
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Time to get the Donizetti magic going!! Toi toi toi to my amazing gentlemen colleagues who I am privileged to sing with tonight! @SbgFestival @ben_bernheim @TezierLudovic #LuciadiLammermoor
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Today is our 6th performance of Lucia di Lammermoor here at the @teatroallascala! Toi toi toi to everyone for tonight’s show! 😍. #luciadilammermoor
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But let’s hang on to the positive: NOW begins the opening night performance at @teatroallascala and I got to wear this stunning gown by @giorgioarmani and I felt like a total princess! Enjoy the once in a lifetime gala on @medicitv or @RaiPlay @RaiUno YAY!!!
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Happy to be in beautiful Milano at last for Lucia di Lammermoor @teatroallascala !! We are onstage rehearsing today and I’m very excited to sing this role in this historic theatre…🇮🇹. Evviva Donizetti!
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Just announced! Excited to make my role debut as Mathilde next season, and to sing one of my favorite Verdi roles too! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ .@WrStaatsoper
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TONIGHT at 18:00 we open our colorful new production of Handel’s ALCINA @RoyalOperaHouse with a stunning cast of singers and dancers. It’s an honor to debut this role in the city/company in which it premiered! #rohalcina
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Rest in eternal peace, gran diva. Your voice inspired me and so many others, and we learned from you. Sing on, from above! My beloved Montserrat Caballé.
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One of the most dramatic moments in the last act of Traviata, where Violetta’s heartbreaking reality finally hits home. Alfredo could not save her! 🥺 - Next show is tomorrow!. #latraviata
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Tonight is the nearly sold-out premiere of La traviata here at the @bay_staatsoper! 🥳. This will be the first performance I’m singing since I had Covid 2 weeks ago. I am feeling better and better every day and truly grateful for my health. Toi x3 Everyone!!
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Today’s our wedding anniversary! Nine phenomenal years together and happy as can be. To say I’m a lucky woman doesn’t even come close to describing just how fortunate I am to be married to the love of my life! #firstlove #anniversary #happiness
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I’m feeling a lot better and really excited to sing tonight! Fiorilla at the @Teatro_Real is ready to strut her stuff! .Il Turco in Italia by Rossini begins at 18:00, and afterwards, join me for a Meet and Greet! 💋💋💋
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That’s a wrap on our recording sessions of Handel’s Theodora, a stunning oratorio I’ve been privileged to sing in 5 cities on this amazing tour with @ilpdo and brilliant colleagues! Can’t wait for the official album to be released! 😍
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Very excited to return to @teatroallascala next season as Lucia di Lammermoor, in the original version, which will be the first time I’ve sung the critical edition! With Maestro Chailly and @jdiego_florez performances run from 13 April till 5 May, 2023! 🎉🎉🎉
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Today at 14:30 our third performance of this glorious opera by Bellini @teatroallascala with amazing colleagues. Grateful!! 🙏
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Sigh. There goes another loss. I’m sorry for all my colleagues who lost work at the Met. This week is really testing any resilience I thought I had. I am counting my blessings aloud, and will continue to do so, right through this mask.
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After a heavenly time in Spain and a hellish time flying in AND flying out, I’m finally on my way to #Milano for a new production of #Capuleti and my role debut in a Bellini opera, the gorgeous Giulietta! @teatroallascala
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Stepping in as Gilda tonight @WrStaatsoper and sending my best wishes for a speedy recovery to my dear colleague who came down with the virus. It’s so frustrating that it’s still among us; I want this **** to be OVER!! But anyway, I love Rigoletto so happy to be here!
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Piangerò - Tonight is our last performance of Giulio Cesare at the Opera de Paris. It has been an immense pleasure to share the stage with my distinguished colleagues. I am looking forward to coming back to Paris on April 26 for a concert at the TCE with Benjamin Bernheim.
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I’m so proud of our Traviata recording, available now on Amazon, Apple Music, Pentatone’s website, and all streaming platforms. Enjoy this album, it was a labor of love! #latraviata #verdi #opera @PENTATONEmusic
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Tonight is our opening of I Puritani at the @teatrosancarlo! I am honored and excited to be having a double debut at this grand opera house! . We will see you tonight at 20:00! 😘 #ipuritani #napoli #bellini
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The roof is being repaired in the building where I’m staying, from 8am the noise of hammering, banging and drilling are beyond belief…and a neighbor still complains about my singing in the apt during the day. Selective hearing? Sir I know I’m not louder than all that mess!.
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Thankful after two wonderful concerts here in Tokyo with great friends and colleagues! We presented two different programs of Verdi and bel canto arias and duets! I hope to return soon and spend more time in Japan! Thank you for the warm welcome! 🇯🇵
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Today is my second performance of La traviata here at the @Teatro_Real - Huge toi toi toi to everyone tonight and I can’t wait to see that big beautiful stage once again! ❤️
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I miss you today, papi…I miss you every day. I know you’re proud of me and I hope you can hear me when I think about you! You suffered a lot on this earth with your painful disability, but when you visit in my dreams you can run, dance, rejoice with me. I love you, dad. 💔
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Thank you, @MetOpera for giving me my last performance of 2022, and maybe my last Gilda. I’ve no more Rigoletto on my calendar, at least for the foreseeable future…hopefully my journey with the role doesn’t end here, but if it does, I am so grateful for what it has given me!
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Sitzprobe at Royal Opera House happening now! So nice to sing in a hall with an incredible orchestra led by Maestro Pappano! #Rigoletto @RoyalOperaHouse
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There she is! My first solo album with orchestra is available for preorder! Ombra compagna is a compilation of 10 Mozart concert arias, each one a treasure! Go to my website and scroll down to Albums for track list and more info. Preorder here:.
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Merry Christmas from me and Steven! Although we aren’t exactly in snowy Colorado like we were in this pic from 2018, our hearts are glowing with hope. may you and your loved ones be blessed this season. Love to all!
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Merry Christmas from Barcelona! We may not have snow but deep down we know that this shitty year has got to go! I got the flow. HO HO!
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Amazing day walking the trails around Uetliberg here in Zürich! Stunning views and lots of sunshine! #switzerland #sunday
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So honored to be on the cover of this month’s @OPERANEWS magazine! Total dream come true! Article by #OussamaZahr and it was a pleasure speaking with him about my approach to music making and roles. Thank you Opera News!!
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MetOpera 2019-20 season is out & I’m so privileged to be singing 2 title roles!. MANON .2019: Sept 24, 28 mat, Oct 2, 5, 19, 22, 26 with a BROADCAST LIVE IN HD on Oct 26th. LA TRAVIATA.2020: Feb 26, 29, Mar 5, 9, 13, 19.
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So happy to have more Lucia in my life! After singing the mad scene in Barcelona, it really made me happy to know that the public is so responsive to this gorgeous repertoire. Long live bel canto! Soon in Vienna and Zürich! @WrStaatsoper @operzuerich
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The stuff dreams are made of. Two weeks till my debut @teatroallascala and the sun is shining all through me with joy! #imasnadieri #verdi #amalia
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Bonjour, Paris! Aujourd’hui commençons les répétitions d’HAMLET à @operadeparis pour la nouvelle production de #Warlikowski avec l’immense @TezierLudovic, et dirigé par Pierre Dumoussaud. Comme toujours, je commence avec mes choses préférées!🏃🏻♀️🥖😍😜
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I’m filled with hope, and delighted to return to the stage this summer, and join my colleagues in Madrid, for 4 performances of LA TRAVIATA @Teatro_Real on July 18, 22, 25, and 28!
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Note to self: Locate glasses before removing contact lenses.
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Today’s performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi begins at 14:30 @teatroallascala .I feel so inspired by these amazing colleagues! Every performance we have been able to do together has been a blessing. I’m singing each one like it’s my last.
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Tonight, I make my @SbgFestival debut as Lucia di Lammermoor! I am very honored to be singing this role here for the first time!. Toi toi toi to the entire cast, chorus, and orchestra! Let's give them a beautiful performance tonight! Viva Donizetti!. #lucia
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Happy international beer day!.So happy to be in Munich recording a special project! Nothing like sitting outside drinking a beer in summer, in Germany! . #InternationalBeerDay #Augustiner #AugustinerBräuMünchen
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Learning more every day! Brilliance personified! Thank you, @RoyalOperaHouse for this precious time with Maestro #Pappano in preparation for #Rigoletto #openingnight #roh #Gilda
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A beam of moonlight over the sea…a Napoli si sta bene!! 🇮🇹❤️
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I’m in #Prague! Unfortunately my luggage didn’t make it but I have a few days till the #concert Oct. 5th, so I’m sure it will arrive. In the meantime HELLO!! Gorgeous city! #SmetanaHall
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Very excited to open my performances of #LaTraviata at the @Teatro_Real Madrid tomorrow! Hope you can make it! Here are my dresses! The white one is from the production, the red and black are mine but spruced up! Thank you, costume shop! #thebest #madrid #opera #Violetta
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TONIGHT!!! La Traviata @Teatro_Real and I’m so excited!!.
Noticias: Lisette Oropesa regresa al Teatro Real para cantar 'La Traviata', los días 18, 22, 25 y 28 de julio.
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Tonight we will perform for the second time, Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the @operadeparis! My voice teacher sent me this photo of me at age 19, performing Rosina. Now 17, years later, I get to perform it for a second time! . #operadeparis #rosina #opera
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I am so grateful for all of the support I have received over this marathon weekend, culminating with the @RTuckerMusicFdn Gala last night! This experience is once in a lifetime and I will never forget it. Love to you all. ❤️💋. 📸 Dario Acosta.Gown by @AustinScarlett
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Sunrise flight this morning, back to my city! #NewYork here I come and I am ready to dive right into this masterpiece of #Verdi @MetOpera #latraviata #violetta #vivaverdi
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Thank you, Vienna, for the incredible response to our concert last night, which we dedicated to the people of Ukraine. In support, I’m donating every day this week to @RedCrossUkraine and hope you will join me in whatever way you can to advocate for peace and and end to the war.
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What do you all think of my new look? Norina is a #redhead! . @PittsburghOpera, #DonPasquale #Norina #Opera
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Konstanze has a few more grey hairs this year but she’s still serving up fiery first half realness! #Mozart #Entführung #Konstanze @WrStaatsoper
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ALCINA opens at the @RoyalOperaHouse tomorrow night at 18:00! Hope to see all of you there for this intoxicating production! #rohalcina
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Honored to be nominated for a Reader’s Award @TheOperaAwards in 2023! Vote for your favorite among the amazing list of singers here .
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Time to get my butt in gear for a #roledebut as #Rosina. I sang this role 18 years ago in college @lsumusic and somehow it’s like I never forgot it! Can’t wait to start rehearsals in 2 weeks @operadeparis for this #masterpiece #ilbarbieredisiviglia #rossini
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TONIGHT at 18:30 we open this iconic production of #Latraviata @RoyalOperaHouse and Violetta’s strength will inspire me. Perspective: She doesn’t just say “Amami, Alfredo,” but “quant’io t’amo.” Love me, Alfredo, as much as I love you.
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In Verona today to rehearse for La Traviata! My first performance is August 1st! @arenadiverona #latraviata #arenadiverona
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Happy Easter, my friends! I’m not at home with my family, but I’m here in Milan preparing for upcoming performances of Lucia at @teatroallascala Hope to see you there! Premieres this Thurs Apr 13!
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I have just received news that MANON will be broadcast on Great Performances at The Metropolitan Opera on PBS, January 5th, 2020 at noon!. Check your local listings 🎉🥳. #gpatthemet #greatperformances #manon #metopera @MetOpera @PBS.
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I am deeply saddened by the passing of one of our most important and inspiring icons, the legendary Grace Bumbry…may her memory and strength of voice, both onstage and off, shine on us forever! 🙏⭐️
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I am so excited to announce that my performance of I Capuleti e i Montecchi is now available on Teatro alla Scala's new online streaming service! You can watch it now! Here's a clip! @teatroallascala #icapuletieimontecchi
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Unfortunately our opening on 7 December of @teatroallascala of Lucia di Lammermoor has been cancelled because of restrictions that make it impossible for us to rehearse. We gave it our best shot, but we are looking with hope to an alternative plan. I’m still heartbroken.
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Livestream tomorrow! Join me as I chat with journalists from L’Opera in a series called “Grandi voci alla Scala” all about my work at La Scala up to this point. This event is free and open to the public, taking place in the theatre at the Ridotto dei Palchi at 17:00.
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