MEET THE SOLOIST: Brian Giebler, tenor

Tenor Brian Giebler performs Handel's Messiah
December 4, 2022, 3PM

Background: Praised for his “lovely tone and deep expressivity” by The New York Times, GRAMMY- nominated tenor Brian Giebler radiates “shine and clarity” (Opera News) in every phrase using “his high-placed tenor with great skill” (Opera Magazine). His debut solo album, a lad's love (Bridge Records, 2020), garnered high praise from significant industry publications including Gramophone, Opera News (Critics Choice), and San Francisco Classical Voice, debuted on the Billboard charts, and earned him his first GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

Highlights: 

• His 2022/23 season begins by leading a fully staged production of Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard with Music at Trinity Wall Street. Then, Mr. Giebler will debut with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra singing Handel’s Messiah, and make return appearances with Santa Fe Pro Musica, Boston Early Music Festival, Baltimore Choral Society and in a performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of NY.
• Last season highlights included a tour of the Ravinia and Caramoor festivals singing Monteverdi with Apollo’s Fire, Haydn’s Creation with Santa Fe Pro Musica, and returning with Mark Morris Dance Group, this time to sing the choreographer’s iconic version of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
• He has performed Stravinsky with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst, Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Trinity Wall Street, Mozart at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and Bach Cantatas with the Grand Rapids Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society. Regularly engaged for Handel’s Messiah, he has performed the work with Music of the Baroque (available on recording), the Charlotte, Memphis, and Virginia symphonies, as well as at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of NY and Musica Sacra. Mr. Giebler sang and recorded the role of Iff the Water Genie in Wuorinen's Haroun and the Sea of Stories with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and made his debut with Boston Early Music Festival in Germany singing in Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs and de Lalande’s Les Fontaines.

Critical Praise:

• "But most impressive over all was Brian Giebler, a tenor, singing Mordecai with bright, clear tone and lively personality." The New York Times
• "One happy find among the young leads is Brian Giebler, whose choirboy looks and faultless high tenor make him a winning Marius, the ardent young revolutionary." Seattle Times
• "Brian Giebler’s high lyric tenor was true in sound and intonation, and captured the emotions of the text. Perhaps his most effective moments were in the unaccompanied Civil War song, “Just Before the Battle, Mother.” It was heartbreakingly simple.” Cleveland Classical

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