Praised for her “beautifully resonant vocal quality” (Texas Classical), Dallas-based soprano Gabrielle Gilliam is a rising Texas star. Recently, Gabrielle was a top prize winner in the Lewisville Lake Symphony Vocal Competition, and performed in their winners' showcase this fall. Ms. Gilliam has sung with the Shreveport Opera, including the roles of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Mimì in La bohème, Frasquita in Carmen, and was a top prize winner in the Mary Jacobs Smith Singer of the Year Competition. In recent seasons, she joined The Dallas Opera to cover Sandrine/Mercedes in their highly anticipated production of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a new work by Joby Talbot and librettist Gene Scheer. She also made her mainstage debut at The Dallas Opera as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly followed by The Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel. Gabrielle also sang Mimì in La bohème at Painted Sky Opera, and Violetta in La Traviata at Shreveport Opera. 

As a Lesley Resident Artist, she was seen as Luisa in the world premiere production of Hector Armienta’s Zorro, and covered the role of Violetta in La Traviata with Fort Worth Opera. Gabrielle was also a district winner for the 2020-2021 Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions, and was engaged in a number of virtual performances, including: a music video debut of Handel’s “Furie terribili” with Lumedia Musicworks, a virtual solo recital with The Dallas Opera’s TDO Network, virtual opera debut with American Baroque Opera Company’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, as well as a live solo recital with Fort Worth Opera. She was also featured soloist alongside Sasha Cooke, Deanna Breiwick, and Lucas Meachem in the orchestra workshop of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Having performed at The Dallas Opera, Forth Worth Opera, Florentine Opera, Opera North, Opera in Concert, and the Amalfi Coast Festival in Salerno, Italy, Gabrielle’s major role credits include Violetta in La Traviata, Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd. As an Outreach Artist at The Dallas Opera, she performed the role of Bastienne in the touring production of W. A. Mozart’s Bastien and Bastienne, and Dorabella in The Bremen Town Musicians.  

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