Lisette Oropesa is a Cuban-American lyric coloratura soprano born in New Orleans in 1983, whose career spans the world's leading opera houses - the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra National de Paris and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She is particularly celebrated for her bel canto roles, above all Violetta in La traviata and Lucia di Lammermoor, and has earned major international prizes including the International Opera Awards' Female Singer of the Year (2024) and the French title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Oropesa's performance as Elvira in the Met's new production of Bellini's I Puritani airs on PBS Great Performances on July 12, 2026.
The 2023 La Scala Lucia di Lammermoor with Oropesa and Juan Diego Flórez, conducted by Riccardo Chailly, was released on DVD on May 18, 2026.
The Metropolitan Opera announced Oropesa will return in the title role of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda in the 2026-27 season, following her critically praised run as Elvira in I Puritani.
Oropesa won the Best Female Singer prize at the 2024 Austrian Music Theater Prize.
Oropesa was named Female Singer of the Year at the 2024 International Opera Awards.
