Gabrielle Barkidjija
mezzo-soprano
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Cunning Little Vixen
Gabrielle is delighted to return to Detroit Opera as a guest artist, where she will cover Samantha Hankey in the role of The Fox in Leos Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen. She will cover under the baton of Roberto Kalb and under the direction of Yuval Sharon.
a little about me
Chicago-based mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija is an avid performer of new music and has sung many regional and world premieres. This December, Gabrielle made her Carnegie Hall debut as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the world premiere of Daron Hagen’s Everyone, Everywhere with the Cecilia Chorus of New York. This January, she returns to Carnegie Hall to participate in the Carnegie Hall SongStudio program under the leadership of Renée Fleming. This spring, she will return to Detroit Opera as a guest artist to perform as Dodo in Missy Mazzoli's Breaking the Waves and cover the role of Fox in Leos Janacek's Cunning Little Vixen.
Gabrielle has been a young artist with Detroit Opera, the Merola Opera Program, Aspen Opera Theater, Central City Opera, and the Tanglewood Music Center. She has earned awards from the Rochester Oratorio Society, Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Camille Coloratura Awards, the Metropolitan Opera National Competition, and the Young Patronesses of the Opera Competition. Previous notable roles performed include Zosia (Two Remain), Dorabella (Cosi fan tutte), Brittomara (If I were you), Ada Lovelace (The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace), Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), Captain (Dog Days), Beatrice (Beatrice et Benedict), and Zerlina (Don Giovanni).
In case you were wondering…
Barkidjija is pronounced (bar-ki-jee-yuh): it’s an atypical Croatian surname. My father is Croatian and my mother is half-Palestinian and half-British. I feel fortunate that my childhood was heavily influenced by Croatian, Palestinian, and British cultures. My heritage will always inform who I am as a person and as an artist.