Mezzo-soprano Gabriela Estephanie Solís lends her “rich tone” and “moving expressiveness” (San Francisco Classical Voice) to an expansive range of concert repertoire spanning medieval through contemporary periods. Her notable solo performances from past seasons include Copland’s In the Beginning (University of Notre Dame), Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody (Grace & St.Peter’s, Baltimore), selections from Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder (Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra), Holst’s The Cloud Messenger (The Epiphany Festival), Mozart’s Requiem (Marin Symphony), and Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 130: Du fond de l’abîme (The Epiphany Festival).
An in-demand 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 including Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans (Tempesta di Mare), Bach’s B Minor Mass (Apollo’s Fire), Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (Resonance Berkeley), Handel’s Messiah (Seraphic Fire), and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (University of Notre Dame), as well as on stage 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. She competed as a finalist in both the 2022 Handel Aria Competition and the 2021 Audrey Rooney Bach Competition, and won first place in the 2018 Bethlehem Bach Aria Competition.
In the 2025-2026 season, Gabriela made her debut with Princeton Pro Musica and New York Baroque Inc. in performances of Bach’s Magnificat, and with I Cantori di Carmel in performances of Messiah. She also returned for engagements with Baroque chamber ensemble Tempesta di Mare as the featured soloist for both the US premiere of Agata della Pietà’s Ecce nunc and for concerts in Venice and Florence as a part of their multi-year celebration of the female musician and performers of Ospedali grande. Upcoming events include her debuts with both the City Choir of Washington as soloist for Bach’s B Minor Mass and with the Philadelphia Bach Collective, and a return to I Cantori di Carmel as the soloist for Bach’s St. John Passion. Gabriela is thrilled to make her Roanoke Symphony debut.