From zarzuela to Spanish song and Cuban influences, Lisette Oropesa inaugurates Santa Cecilia's new chamber music season . This year, the season opening will be held exceptionally at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , a testament to the collaboration between the two institutions. One of the most acclaimed voices on the international opera scene, Lisette Oropesa will perform, in this unique Italian recital , alongside pianist Alessandro Praticò , a program entitled Mis amores son canciones .

Lisette Oropesa will guide spectators through the most intense and representative passages of the Hispanic repertoire. The program includes excerpts from famous zarzuelas, such as  Francisco Asenjo Barbieri's " Canción de la Paloma" and Ruperto Chapí's " Carceleras ," alongside 20th-century Spanish masterpieces such as Manuel de Falla's " Sette Canciones Populares Españolas , " Enrique Granados's " Canciones Amatorias," and Joaquín Rodrigo's " Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios ." The richness of Iberian folklore will also emerge in Joaquín Nin's "Cantos Populares Españoles ," while an imaginary bridge to overseas atmospheres will close the evening with the melodies of Cuban composers Ernesto Lecuona, Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Jorge Anckermann, and Gonzalo Roig.

Lisette Oropesa

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

On 22 September 2015, Renfrew County (Ontario, Canada) was shocked by the murder of three women, all former partners of the perpetrator. The horrific crimes left deep scars on the close-knit rural community of Ottawa Valley, where baritone Joshua Hopkins grew up. His sister, Nathalie Warmerdam, was one of the victims. In collaboration with composer Jake Heggie and author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), he turned his grief into Songs for Murdered Sisters, a deeply moving indictment of all forms of gender-based violence.

Alessandro Praticò

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 20, 2027

Loved / Lost · La Monnaie / De Munt

Past events

Oct 14, 2026

Lisette Oropesa · Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Frauenliebe und -leben by Schumann

La Monnaie / De Munt

Piano in Songs for Murdered Sisters by Heggie

La Monnaie / De Munt

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