BIOGRAPHY
Gabriela García is from Puerto Rico and she received dual degrees in Biology and Environmental Studies from Tufts University.
In 2011 Ms. García made her Avery Fisher Hall debut as Anna in L’Africaine with The Opera Orchestra of New York and later in the Spring she returned to Avery Fisher Hall in Mozart's Requiem followed by Haydn’s Nelson Mass at Carnegie Hall both with MidAmerica Productions. In 2010 Ms. García was heard as Quintana in Anthony Davis and Dafnis Prieto’s Revolution of Forms in New York City Opera’s VOX and also covered the role of Lola in The Opera Orchestra of New York’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Ms. García returned to the New York City Opera roster in 2012 in La Traviata covering the roles of Flora and Annina.
In 2009, Ms. García was heard at Carnegie Hall in Vivaldi’s Gloria with MidAmerica Productions and covered the role of Zeresh in New York City Opera’s Esther. She also performed the title role of Isabella in L’Italiana in Algeri with the Dicapo Opera Theatre and sang in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2008 as Teresa in The Opera Orchestra of New York’s La Sonnambula.
In the 2006 world premiere of Time and Again Barelas by Miguel del Águila, Ms. García performed the lead role of Marcelina Barela with the New Mexico Symphony. Also in 2006, at Lincoln Center in Golijov’s Ainadamar she sang the role of a Student. As a returning member of the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program, Ms. García made her main stage debut as Dorothée in Cendrillon during the 2006 season. She also covered the role of Trinculo in The Tempest. Previously at the Santa Fe Opera she covered Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Her operatic roles include Maddalena and Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Siebel (Faust) and Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) with Puerto Rico’s Teatro de la Opera; Mrs. Quickly (Falstaff) with Israel’s International Vocal Arts Institute; Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) with Puerto Rico’s Fundación de Zarzuela y Opereta; Carmen (Carmen) with the Seagle Music Colony; Ursule (Béatrice et Bénédict) with the Aspen Music Festival and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra; Dido (Dido and Aeneas) with the Intermezzo Young Artist Program; Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) with Opera de Puerto Rico; a Bridesmaid (Le Nozze di Figaro) with the New York Grand Opera.
Ms. García has also been heard with the Sarasota Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Eté; in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado; and in Mozart’s Requiem with the New Mexico Symphony.
In 2006, she was a Finalist in Portland Opera's Lieber Awards. In 2004, she was the recipient of the Lacy Award in Shreveport Opera's Singer of the Year Competition. She was a Finalist in Connecticut Opera Guild's 2003 Young Artists' Scholarship Competition; and in 2002 she was a Regional Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition and a Finalist in Palm Beach Opera's Guadagno Vocal Competition.