Gabriel will premiere new parts from the Santiago section of Splitting/Absence by Sokio.
In March, we celebrate the 85th birthday of noted African-American composer Adolphus Hailstork, who has served on Cantori’s Advisory Board for 25 years. This all-Hailstork tribute concert will feature two world premieres: a new chamber orchestration of his signature oratorio CRISPUS ATTUCKS and the brand new FOUR PSALMS. Originally scored for full orchestra on a libretto by Herbert Martin, Crispus Attucks tells the story of the first American casualty of the American Revolution, and will feature soloists Lucia Bradford, Gabriel Hernandez, and Shavon Lloyd. Crispus Attucks, a man of African and Native heritage, was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770. Cantori member and composer Brian Morales has reorchestrated the expansive score for only eight instruments. Morales’ reorchestration of Vittorio Rieti’s The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne was premiered by Cantori in 2024. Rounding out the program is a tetralogy of four unpublished, never-performed Psalm settings – three a cappella, one with saxophone and marimba. Experienced as a cycle, Hailstork’s Four Psalms exemplify his unique style: spiritual, resilient, and full of life.
WORLD PREMIERE at the Pototype Festival
PRECIPICE sets an intimate story of a young woman’s struggle in the epic landscape of America’s mountain west. Like the land around her, her wild spirit is crushed by disregard. She escapes to the precipice and leaps, awakening mute in a wilderness in which she must fight to find her voice.
Gabriel will cover the role of Sam in St. Petersburg Opera’s production of Susannah.
Gabriel returns to Bronx Opera to debut the role of Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte
Gabriel will be debut the role of Aret in a new adaption of Haydn’s Jupiter’s Journey to the Earth with the little OPERA theatre of ny.
Gabriel returns to Opera Ithaca to debut the role of Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw.
Gabriel performs the role of Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi with Bronx Opera.
Gabriel makes a company debut with Resonance Works as Count Barigoule in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon.
Gabriel joins Hogfish in a new production of Carmen.
Gabriel makes a company debut with Opera Ithaca as Pluto in Orphée aux Enfers.
Gabriel continues their run in Giddens’ Omar.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
The intimate male relationships of Abraham Lincoln have been under the scholar’s microscope
for decades with many proposing the idea that these relationships went beyond basic friendships.
World premiering in October 2022, Quarry Theatre’s original chamber opera, Yours Forever,
Lincoln, aims to spark discussions around the history of sexuality, American revisionist history,
and the importance of LGBTQAI+ visibility.
A compilation of original text, historical first-person accounts, letters and poetry by Lincoln, and
poetry by Walt Whitman and Lord Byron, Yours Forever, Lincoln, explores the beauty of ambiguity, sexuality as a spectrum, and the men who helped shape one of the most iconic leaders in American history.
"Lincoln has a mythological status in American culture and the realization that even an icon’s
history can be erased inspired me to tell this story,” says Patrick Alexander, composer and
co-librettist for the new opera, Yours Forever, Lincoln. “I hope other LGBTQAI+ people, upon
experiencing this opera, will also feel seen."
Yours Forever, Lincoln will premiere at The Voxel in Baltimore, October 2022. The Voxel, an
ADA accessible theatre space, is located on 9 W 25th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218.
New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story
New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story
New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story
New Camerata Opera will present a double bill of French one-act operas, conducted by Music Director Kamal Khan. For the first time ever, New Camerata Opera brings its unique blend of fun and immersiveness to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Stage Director John de los Santos conjures a gorgeous world where clockwork photography by NYC-based artist Atom Moore creates a striking backdrop to this timeless story
Gabriel will perform and cover Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Geneva Light Opera.
Gabriel will perform and cover Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Geneva Light Opera.
Gabriel will perform and cover Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Geneva Light Opera.
Gabriel will appear with the Spoleto Festival USA in the highly anticipated world premiere of Omar
Gabriel will appear with the Spoleto Festival USA in the highly anticipated world premiere of Omar
Gabriel will perform with Parker Ramsay and seven other vocalists from the Spoleto Festival USA in the American premiere of Nico Muhly’s The Street.
US PREMIERE
Music by Nico Muhly
Text by Alice Goodman
Parker Ramsay, harp
Marcus Amaker, narrator
Members of the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus
Buttressed by eight voices from the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus, harpist Parker Ramsay’s “nuanced, insightful playing” (BBC Music Magazine) reverberates through the sanctuary of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church. With a score by Nico Muhly, The Street reveals the brutality of a man’s wrongful condemnation and suffering. Text by librettist and reverend Alice Goodman punctuates this meditative work, a contemplation of the everyday violence in our world.
Gabriel will appear with the Spoleto Festival USA in the highly anticipated world premiere of Omar
