Grammy Award-winner and Opera Orlando general director, Mr. Gabriel Preisser, will perform Baritone to Broadway on May 14, 2026. This one-hour special event performance will take place at The University Club in Winter Park, located at 841 North Park Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789.
Join Gabe for an evening to remember as he performs a stirring selection of songs from opera favorites to Broadway's best! Selections include "Largo al Factotum" (The Barber of Seville), "Hamlet's Aria" (Hamlet), "Bring Him Home" (Les Miserables), "The Impossible Dream" (Man of La Mancha), "Soliloquy" (Carousel), and more!
Gabriel Preisser is a Grammy-winning operatic baritone who has been praised by Opera News and The New York Times for his "handsome voice, charismatic energy, timbral allure" and "wonderful" performances! This season, he made his Lincoln Center debut as the bassist soloist in Handel's Messiah with the National Chorale. His resume includes over 50 operatic and musical theatre roles, including Billy Bigelow in Carousel (Minnesota Orchestra), the Father in Hansel & Gretel (Utah Opera), the title role in Sweeney Todd (Helena Symphony), Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tommy in Brigadoon (Gulfshore Opera), Silvio in Pagliacci (Opera Naples), and Harold Hill in The Music Man (Colorado Symphony).
Mr. Preisser made a name for himself as a versatile, cross-over performer and has been especially active in new works. He created the role of Lt. Gordon in Kevin Puts' Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night at Minnesota Opera, with subsequent performances at Opera Philadelphia, Cincinnati Opera, and Michigan Opera Theatre. He can be heard on the official audio recording playing Farmer Bean in Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr. Fox under the baton of Gil Rose with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project which won a Grammy Award for best new opera recording in 2020.
Tickets are $30 and are general admission seating. Seats are expected to sell quickly.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7:30 p.m. show. This is a first-come, first-served seating choice.