NEWS
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PRESS
24/25 Season Highlights
OPERA
Geneva Light Opera
Meg Page Falstaff - Verdi
Sarasota Opera
Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Rossini (cover)
Dorotea Stiffelio - Verdi
Aspen Music Festival
Marcellina Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart
CONCERT
Cantori NY
Soloist In the Beginning - Copland
First Presbyterian Church of NY
Soloist Elijah - Mendelssohn
Soloist Requiem - Howells
General Theological Seminary of NY
Octet
Aspen Music Festival
Banalités Francis Poulenc
World Premiere Paul Novak
NEW SIGNING
NEW SIGNING
This fall, Gabrielle joined the roster of Robert Gilder&Co International Artist Management for general management.
Everyone, Everywhere
by Daron Hagen
On December 16th, 2023, I had the immense privilege of singing as the mezzo-soprano soloist in the world premiere of Daron Hagen’s Everyone Everywhere at Carnegie Hall. This cantata commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The work incorporates texts by several human rights luminaries, and I’m honored to have played a small role in the creation of this poignant and uplifting work.
now available to stream online via the Naxos Recording Library
PRESS
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - MOZART | ASPEN OPERA CENTER 2024
“The supporting roles were flawlessly handled. Special praise must be given to Gabrielle Barkidjija.”
Marc Shulgold (Opera News)
BREAKING THE WAVES - MAZZOLI | DETROIT OPERA 2024
“Mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija created a stalwart, open-hearted Dodo, Bess’ only friend, with her coppery warm tone and realistic characterization. Barkidjija’s luscious vocal color anchored her lines as islands of humanity in the second half’s tornado of musical terror.”
- Jennifer Goltz-Taylor (Classical Voice North America)
“Gabrielle Barkidjija as Dodo…deliver exceptionally commanding performances among the supporting cast.”
- Duante Beddingfield (Detroit Free Press)
“Gabrielle Barkidjija played Dodo, Bess’ supportive sister-in-law; her warm mezzo-soprano voice reassuringly wraps…in a hug.”
Roopa Chauhan (Runner Magazine)
CARNEGIE HALL SONGSTUDIO | 2024
“Nothing in the master classes quite prepared one for mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Barkidjija’s impassioned performance of “What Can One Woman Do?” from Stacy Garrop’s 2006 song cycle, In Eleanor’s Words…Anni Laukkanen was Barkidjija’s equal partner in expressing the Former First Lady’s denunciation of war. They introduced many to the Croatian composer Dora Pejačević through her setting of ‘Viele Fähren Sind auk den Flüssen’ with words by Rainer Maria Rilke.
- Rick Perdian (Seen and Heard International)
AINADAMAR - GOLIJOV | DETROIT OPERA 2023
“It was a special night, however, as the evening featured three of DO’s Resident Artists; Gabrielle Barkidjija…all singing exceptionally well in their…well-executed roles.”
- John Vandevert (Operawire)
IF I WERE YOU - HEGGIE | BOSTON UNIVERSITY OPERA INSTITUTE 2022
“Whether as a seductively diabolical dominatrix or a Brooklynese-spouting hairstylist, or in any of her many morphing personae, Gabrielle Barkidjija made herself riveting on-stage and sang with damnable commitment and satisfying vocal chops.”
- Lee Eiseman (Boston Musical Intelligencer)
WHAT THE HEART DESIRES | MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM 2021