Lisette Oropesa In November, she continued her success by performing the role of Cleopatra in Michigan Opera Theatre's "Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar)" to acclaim. In 2013, the soprano sang the role of Pamina in "The Magic Flute" at Florida Grand Opera and reviews were universally positive, as noted in several: "Oropesa was beyond fantastic in her portrayal of Pamina." "Her aria 'Ach, ich fühl’s', sung as she believes Tamino no longer loves her, was genuinely moving ..." That summer resulted in Oropesa's continued operatic triumphs as Susanna in "Le nozze di Figaro" at The Santa Fe Opera: "Nothing in the evening surpassed
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague There is no question that the Praguers of the late eighteenth century exhibited a special appreciation for the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, even though, as recently pointed out by Daniel E. Freeman, confirmations of this fact attributed to Mozart himself in sayings such as "" ("My Praguers understand me") have only come down to posterity second or third hand. Perhaps the most valuable direct testimony that attests to the discernment of the musical public in Prague with regard to Mozart's music comes from Lorenzo Da Ponte, the librettist of Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni", which