Gabriela Estephanie Solís, mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Estephanie Solís lends her "rich tone" and “moving expressiveness” (San Francisco Classical Voice) to an expansive range of repertoire spanning medieval through contemporary periods. As a passionate concert artist, her notable solo performances from recent seasons include Copland’s In the Beginning (University of Notre Dame), Rachmaninoff’s All-night Vigil (California Bach Society), Mozart’s Requiem (Marin Symphony), Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody (Grace & St.Peter’s, Baltimore), Holst’s The Cloud Messenger (Georgetown Epiphany Festival), and selections from Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder (Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra).

An avid interpreter of Baroque repertoire, she has collaborated with preeminent early music organizations such as Tempesta di Mare, Apollo’s Fire, American Bach Soloists, and the Boston Early Music Festival in performances of Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans (Tempesta di Mare), Bach’s B Minor Mass (American Bach Soloists), Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (Resonance Berkeley), Handel’s Messiah (Seraphic Fire), Vivaldi’s Gloria (Chora Nova), Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (University of Notre Dame), and Zelenka’s Missa Divi Xaverii (California Bach Society), as well as the roles of Medoro in Handel’s Orlando (BEMF Young Artist Training Program), Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina, and Endimione in Cavalli’s La Calisto at San Francisco State University under the direction of Christine Brandes. She also had the privilege of studying at the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy, Amherst Early Music Festival, and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.

In demand as an ensemble artist, she enjoys regular collaborations with groups such as Seraphic Fire, Lorelei Ensemble, and Apollo’s Fire. She competed as a finalist in both the 2022 Handel Aria Competition and the 2021 Audrey Rooney Bach Competition, won second place in the NATS mid-Atlantic regionals, and won first place in the 2018 Bethlehem Bach Aria Competition.