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4 • PERIÓDICO BILINGÜE LA VOZ WWW.LAVOZ.US.COM • DICIEMBRE 2011 Personajes del Mes People of the Month LISETTE OROPESA, es una soprano estadounidense e hija LISETTE OROPESA de cubanos inmigrantes, está realizando su debut en la Young Cuban American soprano follows her dreams Ópera de San Francisco durante este mes, interpretando a Romilda, en “Xerxes” de George Frideric Handel. Oropesa es By Ruth González la voz bilingual newspaper graduada del Programa de Artistas Lindemann de la Ópera Metropolitana. Su voz ha sido descrita como suave, “Romilda, was created by a stunning Lisette Oropesa: it was a surprise for me to ágil y brillante. Oropesa creció en un familia muy enfocada witness how precise and smooth her soprano timbre is. She held complete control of al área musical y desde pequeña se le alentó para que se her instrument, and her pianissimo lines w ere especially moving. Together with uniera a la música. De jóven, su madre fue cantante de [Susan] Graham’s, her vocal performance was, for me, the highlight of this X erses” ópera profesional y pianista. Oropesa tocó la flautra — Marina Romani, musicalcriticism.com durante doce años y originalmente no tenía intención alguna de seguir los pasos de su madre. Lisette Oropesa, American soprano and LISETTE OROPESA, American soprano and daughter of daughter of Cuban emigrants recently Cuban emigrants makes her San Francisco Opera debut made her San Francisco Opera debut as this month as Romilda in George Frideric Handel’s Xerxes. Romilda in George Frideric Handel’s Xerxes. She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann She is a graduate of the Metropolitan Artist Program. Her voice has been described as silky, agile and bright. Oropesa was raised in a close-knit musical Opera’s Lindemann Artist Program and a family and encouraged from an early age to embrace rising star. Lisette Oropesa was born to music. Her mother was a professional opera singer in her Rebecca Ulloa Oropesa and Mariel Oropesa youth and a pianist. Oropesa played the flute for 12 years on September 29, 1980 in New Orleans, and originally had no intention of following in her mother’s Louisiana. footsteps. Rebecca Ulloa, was just seven years old Fotografía de / Photo by San Francisco Ópera when her family fled to Miami from Cuba. It was 1968 and Fidel Castro was still LISETTE OROPESA allowing residents to leave the country. Joven soprano cubano-estadounidense que va en búsqueda sus sueños Rebecca’s family had been on a waiting list Por Ruth González periódico bilingüe la voz for two years. The family chose to leave Miami for New Orleans but in order to do “El personaje de Romilda, fue interpretado por la increíble Lisette Oropesa: para mí fue una agradable sorpresa el ser testigo de so; her father had to pay off the debt their qué tan preciso y suave es su timbre de soprano. Oropesa tuvo un completo control de su instrumento, asimismo sus líneas de travel had incurred by working in sugar- pianísimo fueron especialmente conmovedoras. Junto a la interpretación de Graham, su interpretación vocal fue, en mi opinión, cane fields. It was slavish labor but once in el momento cumbre de esta presentación de Xerxes” — Marina Romani, musicalcriticism.com New Orleans they received refugee status con distrofia muscular. Rebecca empezó a tra- and citizenship. Lisette’s grandfather was an Opera ORFEO. Oropesa como/as Amor. bajar como profesora de música para ayudar amateur singer in Cuba and was once thought Foto de /Photo from The EpochTimes en el sostenimiento de la familia y tuvo que to have a voice reminiscent of Placido Domingo. of videos taken throughout Oropesa’s renunciar a su sueño de regresar a los escena- OH MY DEAR PAPA childhood on ten CD’s. rios. Mariel Oropesa falleció en el año de 2010. “O mio babbino caro.” Oropesa’s father, “Throughout much of the footage you can “Mi madre es una profesora que le gusta culti- Mariel, came to America under different hear my mother or another family member var la creatividad en sus alumnos. Me enseñó circumstances. He was a young, single, divorced telling me to sing this or do that. I was a ham canto, técnica y piano. Fue directora del coro de father living in Cuba and working behind a cash but they really encouraged it. My grandfather la iglesia y aún tengo recuerdos de mi infancia register when he decided to borrow some fast has been videotaping us since he retired so mientras cantaba en la iglesia,” dice Oropesa. cash from his register before heading to that we could hear ourselves. We always sing La interpretación siempre fue parte de la Carnaval. But Castro’s regime did not take petty when we get together. It’s just what we do. vida de Oropesa. Recientemente sus abuelos theft lightly. After spending two nights in jail, My sisters sing very well. I was just more of a la visitaron en San Francisco y le trajeron un Mariel was placed on a raft and shipped to ham”, Oropesa admits with a laugh. regalo. Una compilación de videos que America. At the time, US President Jimmy Carter, THE MAGIC FLUTE contenían eventos de la infancia de Oropesa, was allowing Cuban refugees into the country. “Die Zauberflote.” Despite being an opera están grabados en diez discos compactos. Mariel made his way to New Orleans because he singer, Oropesa considers herself a “band girl” “A través de la mayor parte de este material had family there. Once he arrived, he found instead of a “choir girl”. She played the flute de grabación uno puede escuchar a mi madre work as a mechanic and eventually met his for twelve years and even intended to major o a otro miembro de la familia pidiéndome future wife, Rebecca. in it at her mother’s alma mater, Louisiana cantar esto o hacer eso. Yo interpretaba las Rebecca Ulloa was young, artsy and an State University. Before Oropesa auditioned canciones en forma exagerada pero la verdad En la producción de Xerxes de Handel presentada en el Ópera de San Francisco/At the San opera singer. She was a classically trained for the University’s flute program, her mother es que mi familia siempre me alentó para que Francisco Opera’s production of Handel’s Xerxes: Susan Graham (Xerxes); Lisette Oropesa soprano, nine years his junior with a degree in sat down with her for a candid conversation. (Romilda). Foto de / Photo by Cory Weaver desarrollara esta habilidad. Mi abuelo ha Anthropology. She took a break from singing “You don’t understand the vocal gift you have. estado filmándonos desde que se retiró, por lo professionally when her three daughters were I think you should audition for both the flute Lisette Oropesa, soprano estadounidense OH, MI QUERIDO PADRE que este material nos permitió escucharnos a born. The girls were still quite young when and the vocal program,” Rebecca told her e hija de cubanos inmigrantes, recientemente “O mio babbino caro.” El padre de Oropesa, nosotros mismo. Siempre cantamos cuando nos Mariel was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. daughter. hizo su debut en la Ópera de San Francisco, Mariel Oropesa, llegó a los Estados Unidos bajo juntamos. Eso es lo que hacemos. Mis hermanas Rebecca began working as a music teacher to Oropesa was surprised. Singing was fun interpretando el papel de Romilda, en la obra circunstancias muy diferentes. Mariel era un cantan muy bien pero yo era más exagerada”, help support the family and gave up her dream but the flute was her goal. Oropesa took maestra de George Frideric Handel, “Xerxes”. joven padre divorciado que vivía en Cuba y tra- admite Oropesa con una sonrisa. of returning to the stage. Mariel Oropesa her mother’s advice and auditioned for both Oropesa es graduada del Programa de Artistas bajaba detrás de una caja registradora cuando passed away in 2010. programs and was accepted by both. She Lindemann de la Ópera Metropolitna, y es una tomó la decisión de “pedir prestado” algo de LA FLAUTA MÁGICA “My mother is a very nurturing teacher. She spent a semester following both majors estrella que va a brillar mucho y por un largo dinero de la caja registradora antes de ir a “Die Zauberflote.” A pesar de ser una taught me how to sing, technique and piano. before finally making a decision. “I chose voice tiempo. Lisette Oropesa es hija de Rebecca carnaval. Pero el régimen de Castro no perdo- cantante de ópera, Oropesa se considera como She was the church choir director and I have because I seemed to excel at it without trying. Ulloa Oropesa y Mariel Oropesa y nació el 29 naba los robos a las cajas registradoras. Después una “chica de la banda” en vez de una “chica early memories of performing in church.” Per- I love the flute though. It was a difficult de septiembre de 1980, en Nueva Orleans, de pasar dos noches en prisión, Mariel fue del coro”. Oropesa tocó la flauta durante doce forming was always encouraged in Oropesa’s decision. I still miss it and even feel jealous Louisiana. colocado en una balsa y enviado a los Estados años y hasta tuvo la intención de obtener una life. Her grandparents recently paid her a visit in sometimes when I hear it played.” Rebecca Ulloa tenía tan sólo siete años de Unidos. Durante esa época, el presidente Jimmy especialidad en el dominio de este instrumento San Francisco and brought a gift. A compilation SEE LISETTE OROPESA OPERA SINGER PAGE 5 edad cuando su familia escapó a Miami de Carter permitía a los refugiados cubanos el en la universidad a la que asistió su madre, la Cuba.