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
Laurence Dale Laurence Dale Laurence Dale (born 1957) is an English tenor, artistic director and conductor. Laurence Dale studied singing at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Rudolf Piernay and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Early leading roles included that of Hilarion in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Princess Ida" with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Opera Chorus in 1982, and Ramiro in Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1983. Amongst many Mozartian rôles, as well as baroque and romantic, his portrayal of Tamino, with which he opened Mozart year in Salzburg in 1991 was