Gabriela Estephanie Solis is an avid interpreter of early and sacred music. In the Bay Area, she regularly performs as a soloist with the California Bach Society and as a member of the American Bach Soloists Choir under the direction of Jeffrey Thomas. Operatic engagements include the roles of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Santa Clara University), Bradamante in Handel’s Alcina (San Francisco State University), Endimione in Cavalli’s La Calisto (San Francisco State University), and Orineo in Cavalli’s L’Erismena (Amherst Early Music Festival). She has also performed as a soloist in numerous concert works of the Baroque, including Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Nisi Dominus, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Zelenka’s Missa Votiva, and Handel’s Messiah. A frequent interpreter of Bach, Ms. Solis has also performed as the alto soloist for BWV 42, 106, 1083, Magnificat, and Mass in B Minor. Other major works include Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Copland’s In the Beginning, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Her most recent engagements include winning the Bethlehem Bach Aria Competition, traveling to Weimar and Leipzig, Germany to perform Bach cantatas with Helmuth Rilling, and performing as soloist in a Bach program of BWV 198 and Missa Brevis in A with the California Bach Society. She is
a recent alumna of the University of Notre Dame, where she completed graduate studies in sacred music and vocal performance. Ms. Solis is thrilled to make her debut with the Eureka Symphony in performances of Handel’s Messiah.