Cuban-American soprano Lisette Oropesa’s roles for The Royal Opera include the title roles in Alcina and Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira (I puritani), Gilda (Rigoletto) and Violetta (La traviata). She began her career at the Metropolitan Opera with roles including Violetta, Gilda, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and Massenet’s Manon. Engagements elsewhere include Violetta (Teatro Real, Madrid, Liceu, Barcelona, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona, Bayerische Staatsoper, Vienna State Opera), Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Vienna, Munich, Paris Opera), Gilda (Dutch National Opera, Rome, Los Angeles Opera, Paris, Madrid, Vienna, Verona), Lucia (Milan, Madrid, Vienna, Zurich), Marguerite in Les Huguenots, Elvira (Metropolitan Opera), and Giuletta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi  (Milan).  Recordings include Ombra Compagna (2021), La traviata (2022), French Bel Canto Arias (2022), Mis amores son las flores (2023) and I puritani (2024). Engagements for 2026/27 include Norma (Savonlinna and Teatro Real), Liù in Turandot (Verona), Alcina (Napoli), Maria Stuarda (Metropolitan Opera and Munich), Gilda (Opéra de Monte Carlo), Mathilde in Guillaume Tell (Hamburg), Giulietta (Vienna) and recitals in Helsinki, Salzburg, Graz, Munich and Rome.