Art Rocks!: Lisette Oropesa
This week on Art Rocks!: An interview with the world renowned opera starlet Lisette Oropesa, an exploration of multimedia artwork by Marisa Martinez and Suzanne Wallace Mears, and a look at Peter Molick's "Space City" photographs.
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Friday, November 1 at 8:30 pm and Saturday, November 2 at 5:30 pm on Art Rocks! (episode #707), Louisiana native Lisette Oropesa is charming audiences in premier opera houses around the world. During a recent guest performance in Baton Rouge, the highly regarded soprano discussed the path that led her to operatic heights.
[Read Country Roads' interview with her from January 2019, here.]
The influence of Mayan ancestral roots is evident in the multi-media artwork of Minnesota artist Marisa Martinez. Then, meet Suzanne Wallace Mears of Oklahoma City, also a mixed-media artist whose wit is reflected in her contemporary works. Closer to home, in Houston, Texas, photographer Peter Molick now uses drone technology to capture “Space City” from above.
Hosted by James Fox-Smith of Country Roads Magazine, Art Rocks! is LPB’s weekly series that spotlights artists, performance, culture, literature, history and the impact of art in our world. It features Louisiana stories, as well as segments from across the country. Current and past episodes are here: www.lpb.org/artrocks.
