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We
first started following Gabriel Preisser three years ago when an opera insider wrote us and told us to keep an eye on the then 26-year-old singer. At the time, he was headed off to be a studio artist in his native state of Florida. The buzz about this gifted young singer really picked up steam as he scored a series of critical successes in regional houses. His big break came when the Minnesota Opera and Opera Company of Philadelphia cast him as Lieutenant Gordon in the world premiere of Kevin Putz’s Pulitzer Prize winning opera
Silent Night, which he'll be reprising at the
Cincinnati Opera on July 10th and 12th, 2014.
He's gone on to make quite a name for himself in contemporary opera, singing the title role in Robert Aldridge’s
Elmer Gantry, Tom Joad in Ricky Ian Gordon’s
The Grapes of Wrath, and Riolobo in Daniel Catan’s
Florencia en el Amazonas all at the Moores Opera Center; Antonio in Daron Hagen’s
New York Stories at Kentucky Opera; John Brooke in Mark Adamo’s
Little Women and the Shoe Salesman/Puppet role in Dominick Argento’s
Postcard from Morocco both at Pensacola Opera.
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We also just learned that he'll be singing in the double bill of Francis Poulenc's
Les Mamelles de Tiresias and Kurt Weill's
Mahagonny Songspiel with America's hottest new company,
Opera Parallèle in San Francisco. The photo at the top of the page was taken at the recent photo shoot for the production.
Gabriel Preisser sings Soliloquy from Carousel:
If you can't make it to San Francisco or any of his upcoming performances [check out his schedule], you can listen to this hot new talent on his new CD "Being Alive," which features arias, lieder, Italian songs and the best baritone music from Broadway. You can listen to samples, but the CD or download the music at
CD Baby.
