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