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October 19, 2022La Cenerentola at Opera ColumbusI'm in Columbus for my third Cenerentola production in a year - and the same production as Annapolis Opera, designed by the incomparable Julia Noulin-Merat - where I'll be singing Dandini. Show dates are October 28th and 30th. Tickets link below!
May 2, 2022Steal a Pencil For Me Recording with Opera ColoradoIn June of 2022, the recording of Gerald Cohen's Steal a Pencil For Me will be made with Opera Colorado. Ari Pelto will conduct Inna Dukach, Adriana Zabala, and me reprising the original cast from the 2018 Opera Colorado premiere!

October 21, 2021Dandini ReturnsBack on the east coast with Annapolis Opera for my second Dandini in as many engagements. A superb cast which includes David Walton and Sofia Selowsky headline this new production by the great Julia Noulin-Merat!
July 5, 2021Back in the saddle!Eighteen months after my last major engagement, we are finally back! I’ll be singing a role debut of Dandini in Rossini’s La Cenerentola for the Northern Lights Music Festival under the baton of Maestro Gavriel Heine, directed by Chia Patiño!
February 18, 2021Gideon sings on Full Frontal with Samantha BeeWhat fun it was to be the operatic voice of icon Jimmy Smits! Show appearance at the link!
October 23, 2020The Dallas Opera “Carmen” broadcast available for a limited time!The spectacular McVicar production of Carmen I did in Dallas with the great Stephen Costello and Alexander Vinogradov is available for free viewing from The Dallas Opera. What a fun show with a new take on Bizet’s classic.
September 12, 2017Steal a Pencil for MePerformance calendar for the first part of the 2017-18 is set and it includes a project very dear to me. Opera Colorado has decided to premiere Gerald Cohen's Steal a Pencil for Me, the true story of Jaap and Inna Polak's love within the confines and perils of a World War II concentration, and beyond. It is a tremendous honor for me to be able to give life to the role of Jaap and I look forward to sharing this piece! More information about the piece and production can be found in the link below. Ticket and performance information can be found under the 'Calendar' section.
July 25, 2016Sarasota Opera: The Return!I'm so thrilled to finally be able to announce that I will be returning to Sarasota Opera to sing Malatesta in Donizetti's Don Pasquale! Ticket information and dates can be found under the Calendar section.
November 9, 2015Sarasota Opera "season starts with a winner" - Herald TribuneThe reviews for our production of La Boheme at Sarasota Opera are in and they are glowing! The Observer says, "Gideon Dabi as Schaunard...rounded out the quartet of Bohemians with focused sounds and characterizations." Don't miss it! Ticket information available under the 'Calendar' section of this site.
September 18, 2015Flying South for the Fall!Well, it's off to Sarasota, Florida, for the next month and a half to sing Schaunard. This is my fifth or sixth production of Boheme, but only my second not doing Marcello. And about time! Then, in December, I return to Charlottesville - yet again! - for Amahl and the Night Visitors. Cheers!

July 25, 2014Merola Grand FinaleJoin me and some of the most wonderful and talented colleagues for an evening of opera highlights performed by the Merola Opera Company and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Information for the event is now available in the Calendar section of the website. I certainly hope to see all of you there!
September 25, 2013Ash Lawn Opera: The Return, Part II!I'm happy to announce that I will be returning to Charlottesville, once again, to sing the role of Maximilian in Leonard Bernstein's Candide. It's not only great to return to such a fine company, but to sing alongside great friends, Emily Albrink and Blake Friedman! Dates and information can be found in the 'Calendar' section below!

December 15, 2012WQXR Names Ghosts of Versailles Among the Best of the YearThe New York Times' Classical station named Manhattan School of Music's production of Ghosts of Versailles among its Best of the Year - a tremendous honor! A truly collaborative and wonderful effort from all involved.
May 1, 2012Ghosts of Versailles a Huge Success!The reviews are in, and the MSM production of Ghosts of Versailles is a unanimous winner. The New York Times says "Gideon Dabi as Beaumarchais....[was] a standout...among a winning ensemble." Feast of Music's Michael Cirigliano II writes, "Beaumarchais was brilliantly played by Gideon Dabi, whose rich baritone traversed both the comedy and sadness of his character's journey." Lastly, SuperConductor's Paul Pelkonen writes, "Mr. Dabi was affecting as the poetic hero." Much more to come!

December 11, 2011Ghosts!Just days after our glowing review of Cosi fan tutte (see link below), I am proud to announce our next production, John Coriglianio's Ghosts of Versailles (directed by Jay Lesenger and conducted by Stephen Osgood), in which I will be singing Beaumarchais. Should be a great show with such a wonderfully talented production and musical staff (not to mention the singers)!

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Baritone Gideon Dabi continues to receive great acclaim delivering “powerfully felt, beautifully performed and articulated” performances across a wide array of genres and styles. His “earnest interpretations” have thrilled audiences throughout the United States, to Israel, Italy, and back again. This season, Gideon sings four premieres across three engagements with American Opera Projects including Alex Weiser's The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language as well as the premiere of American Lyric Theater's Tevye's Daughters. Several recitals including Yiddish and Hebrew Song in the Weimar Republic at the YIVO Institute. Last season, Gideon sang Dandini in La Cenerentola with Opera Columbus as well as the studio recording of Gerald Cohen’s Steal a Pencil For Me (to be released August 2024 on the Sono Luminus label), which he premiered with Opera Colorado. Last season, Gideon made his company and role debut with the Northern Lights Music Festival as Dandini and repeated the role in his company debut with
Annapolis Opera. He was a featured singer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and has done multiple engagements with American Opera Projects. He was recently invited to perform on American Lyric Theater’s Alumni Celebration Concert, in which he was heard singing the music of Gerald Cohen and Clint Borzoni. In
the 2018-19 Season, he returned to The Dallas Opera as Schaunard in La bohème, following his debut with the company in Carmen as Morales the previous season. He has spent multiple seasons with Sarasota Opera where he has been heard as Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale and as Schaunard. With Charlottesville Opera, he has
appeared in Candide as Maximilian, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and sung the role of Sir James in the east coast premiere of Middlemarch in Spring. He made his Tulsa Opera debut in 2019-20 in Carmen as Morales. Additionally, he can be heard every week on the video podcast and talkshow, "Dabi and Costello," with cohost
and tenor Stephen Costello.

At the Boston University Opera Institute, Gideon had the honor of working with such fine directors as Sharon Daniels, Beth Greenberg, and Jim Petosa to sing the title role of Il barbiere di Siviglia, the baritone in Postcard from Morocco, and the unique honor of premiering Act II of Jorge Martin’s Before Night Falls. While in
Boston, Gideon graced the stage of Symphony Hall as soloist for Maestro Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra. A first-generation American fluent in Hebrew, Gideon was a soloist for Naxos’ Grammy Award-winning Anthology of Jewish- American Composers recordings. Gideon received his degree
in Voice Performance from Rutgers University where he performed such roles as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), Zuniga (Carmen), and Mr. Gobineau (The Medium). He received a master’s in music from Manhattan School of Music where he was heard as the Marquis de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) as well as the Earl of Dunmow in Lennox Berkeley’s A Dinner Engagement for which the New York Times found him “very appealing.”

In the 2017-18 season, he made his debut with Opera Colorado in the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s Steal a Pencil for Me and sang Morales in Carmen with the Rochester Philharmonic. Gideon was a member of the Merola Opera Company in 2014 singing Sharpless. Other recent engagements include Valentin in Faust as well as Dreieinigkeitsmoses (Trinity Moses) in Dona Vaughn’s production of Aufstieg und der Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. Previously, Gideon appeared in the New York Times-voted “Best of the Year” production of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles (directed by Jay Lesenger) for which Gideon was hailed by the New York Times as a “standout among a winning cast.” Feast of Music said, “Beaumarchais was brilliantly played by Gideon Dabi, whose rich baritone traversed both the comedy and sadness of the character’s journey.” In 2011, Gideon was an Apprentice Artist with Chautauqua Opera, singing Verdi’s Luisa Miller, Mozart’s Magic Flute, and concerts with the Chautauqua Symphony under the direction of Stephen Osgood and Stuart Chafetz. His work with the company garnered him the prestigious Chautauqua Opera Guild Apprentice Artist Award. Singing with New York Lyric Opera, Gideon sang several leading roles such as Marcello (La bohème), the Count (Le nozze di Figaro), as well as Peter (Hansel and Gretel) under the baton of Stephen Crawford, Keith Chambers, and Tony Bellomy.
"Gideon Dabi was big of voice and gesture as Dr. Malatesta....outstanding."Edward AlleyYour Observer
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"Gideon Dabi prepared the way for “Fiddler” and its moving ending with a powerfully felt, beautifully performed and articulated 'Lifetime.'"Anthony BannonThe Chautauquan Daily
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"Don Alfonso [was] sung and played with great authority and power by Gideon Dabi."Howard KisselThe Huffington Post
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"The playwright and Antoinette’s love interest, Beaumarchais, was brilliantly played by Gideon Dabi, whose rich baritone traversed both the comedy and sadness of his character’s journey."Michael CiriglianoFeast of Music
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"Gideon Dabi as Beaumarchais....[was] a standout...among a winning ensemble."Anthony TommasiniThe New York Times
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Past Performances

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Hebrew and Yiddish Song in the Weimar Republic
YIVO Institute
New York, NY
Saturday, May 04, 2024
The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language
The Great Room
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Climate Opera Project
Theater C
New York, NY
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Climate Opera Project
Theater C
New York, NY
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Climate Opera Project
BAM Fisher
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, November 07, 2021
La Cenerentola
Maryland Hall
Annapolis, MD
Friday, November 05, 2021
La Cenerentola
Maryland Hall
Annapolis, MD
Sunday, July 18, 2021
La Cenerentola
Minnesota Discovery Center
Chisholm, MN
Friday, July 16, 2021
La Cenerentola
Veda Zuponcic Auditorium
Aurora, MN
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Carmen, Tulsa Opera
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tulsa, OK 74103
Friday, October 25, 2019
Carmen, Tulsa Opera
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tulsa, OK 74103
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
La boheme, Dallas Opera
Winspear Opera House
Dallas, TX 75201
Sunday, February 10, 2019
No Strings, recital with Leah Crocetto, soprano
Blue Building
New York, NY
Saturday, May, 26, 2018
Carmen
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Rochester, NY
Thursday, May, 24, 2018
Carmen
Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Rochester, NY
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Steal a Pencil for Me
The Wolf Theatre at the MACC
Denver, CO
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Steal a Pencil for Me
The Wolf Theatre at the MACC
Denver, CO
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Steal a Pencil for Me
The Wolf Theatre at the MACC
Denver, CO
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Steal a Pencil for Me
The Wolf Theatre at the MACC
Denver, CO
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Monday, November 7, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Friday, October 28, 2016
Don Pasquale
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL 34236
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Paramount Theater
Charlottesville, VA
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Sunday, November 15, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Sunday, November 1, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Friday, October 30, 2015
La Boheme
Sarasota Opera House
Sarasota, FL
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Paramount Theater
Charlottesville, VA
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Merola Grand Finale
War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Schwabacher Summer Concert
Everett School
San Francisco, CA
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Candide
Paramount Theater
Charlottesville, VA
Friday, May 2, 2014
Candide
Paramount Theater
Charlottesville, VA
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (singing Trinity Mose
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (singing Trinity Mose
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (singing Trinity Mose
Borden Auditorium, Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Faust (singing Valentin)
John Ades Theater
New York, NY
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Faust (singing Valentin)
John Ades Theater
New York, NY
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Beethoven Symphony 9 with NJ Conservatory
Sparta, NJ
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Ghosts of Versailles - Singing Beaumarchais
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Friday, April 27, 2012
Ghosts of Versailles - Singing Beaumarchais
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Cosi Fan Tutte - Singing Don Alfonso
New York, NY
Friday, December 9, 2011
Cosi Fan Tutte - Singing Don Alfonso
New York, NY
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Cosi Fan Tutte - Singing Don Alfonso
New York, NY
Friday, August 5, 2011
Apprentice Artist
Chautauqua Opera
Chautauqua, NY
May 2011
Opera NJ Young Artist Concert Series
New Jersey Tour
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Zaza, piccola zingara
Gideon Dabi
from Merola Grand Finale 2014
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Ari Pelto
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carmen (dallas opera)


merola


steal a pencil for me


don pasquale


rise and fall of the city of mahagonny, 2013


ghosts of versailles, 2012


cosi fan tutte, 2011


chautauqua opera, 2011


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Opera Colorado: Inna Dukach (Ina) and Gideon Dabi (Jaap) in Stea
In 2018, Opera Colorado presented the world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me (comp: Gerald Cohen, libretto: Deborah Brevoort) starring Gideon Dabi, Inna Duckach, and Adriana Zabala
'Vorrei dir...' Act 1, Cosi fan tutte
As Don Alfonso in Dona Vaughn's production of Cosi fan tutte. With Becky Krynski as Fiordiligi and Kaitlyn Costello as Dorabella.
Cosi fan tutte, Act I Recit
with Andrea Carroll as Despina. Taken from Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater's production of Cosi fan tutte, directed by Dona Vaughn.

OPERA

Jaap Polak Steal a Pencil For Me Recording (label TBA) Opera Colorado 2022 Dandini La Cenerentola Opera Columbus 2022 Dandini La Cenerentola Annapolis Opera 2021 Dandini La Cenerentola Northern Lights Music Festival 2021 Yuri, Djinn The Shadow on the Wall / Dragon Transfer American Opera Project 2021 voice of Jimmy Smits Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV) 2021 Morales Carmen Tulsa Opera 2019 Schaunard La Bohème The Dallas Opera 2019 Morales Carmen The Dallas Opera 2018 Morales Carmen Rochester Philharmonic 2018 Jaap Polak Steal a Pencil for Me (premiere) Opera Colorado 2018 Sir James Middlemarch in Spring (premiere) Charlottesville Opera 2017 Malatesta Don Pasquale Sarasota Opera 2016 Schaunard La Boheme Sarasota Opera 2015 Page Amahl and the Night Visitors Ash Lawn Opera 2015 Page Amahl and the Night Visitors Andrea Dorf McGray Ash Lawn Opera 2014 Don Giovanni*, Masetto* Don Giovanni James Darrah/ Martin Katz Merola Opera Company 2014 Maximilian Candide Andrea McGray Ash Lawn Opera 2014 Dreieinigkeitsmoses (Trinity Moses) Aufstieg und der Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Dona Vaughn/ Kynan Johns Manhattan School of Music Opera 2013 Valentin FAUST Carol Castel/ Thomas Muraco Manhattan School of Music Opera 2013 Beaumarchais The Ghosts of Versailles Jay Lesenger/ Steven Osgood Manhattan School of Music Opera 2012 Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor Livia Sabag/ Thomas Muraco Manhattan School of Music Opera 2012 Don Alfonso Cosi fan tutte Dona D. Vaughn/ Israel Gursky Manhattan School of Music Opera 2011 Papageno* Chorus The Magic Flute Dean Williamson/ Jay Lesenger Chautauqua Opera 2011 Miller* Chorus Luisa Miller Joseph Colaneri/ Jay Lesenger Chautauqua Opera 2011 Count Le Nozze di Figaro Keith Chambers New York Lyric Opera 2011 Marcello La Boheme Steven Crawford New York Lyric Opera 2010 Schaunard La Boheme Doug Han/ Dan Cardona Martha Cardona Theater 2010 Antonio Le Nozze di Figaro Joon Park/ Jennifer Williams OSH Opera 2010 Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia William Lumpkin/ Sharon Daniels Boston University Opera Institute 2008 Papageno The Magic Flute William Lumpkin/ Albert Sherman Boston University Opera Institute 2008 Marcello La Boheme William Lumpkin/ Sharon Daniels Boston University Opera Institute 2007 Man with a shoe kit/Baritone Postcard From Morocco William Lumpkin/ James Petosa Boston University Opera Institute 2007 Reinaldo Arenas Before Night Falls (J.Martin, world premiere) W Lumpkin/ Beth Greenberg Boston University Opera Institute 2006 Baron Zeta* The Merry Widow Mark Graf/ Nick Alcott Ash Lawn Opera Festival 2006 Earl of Dunmow A Dinner Engagement David Gilbert/ Rhoda Levine Manhattan School of Music 2006 Marquis de la Force Dialogues des Carmelites Thomas Muraco/ Dona Vaughn Manhattan School of Music 2006 Falke Die Fledermaus Judith Fredericks Opera NY 2003 Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro William Berz/ Laura Alley Rutgers Opera Company 2001 Zuniga Carmen Richard Auldon Clark/ Jay Pouhe Rutgers Opera Company 2000 *denotes cover

CONCERT / RECITAL

Opera NJ Concert Series Keith Chambers 2011 Holiday Pops - (Boston Pops Christmas Concerts) Baritone Soloist Boston Pops/ K. Lockhart 2007 Carmina Burana Baritone Soloist Boston University Tanglewood Institute Chorus 2007 Idomeneo chorus Mostly Mozart Festival 1998 Solo Recital Music Festival of the Hamptons East Hampton, NY 2005

EDUCATION / PROGRAMS

Chautauqua Opera Apprentice Artist 2011 Opera NJ Young Artist (concert series) 2011 Boston University, Opera Institute Boston, MA Artist Diploma 2006-2008 Manhattan School of Music New York, NY Master of Music 2004-2006 Boston University, Tanglewood Institute Professor (Voice and Theory) Lenox, MA Summer 2007 Ash Lawn Music Festival Ash Lawn, VA Young Artist Summer 2006 Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University) NJ, Bachelor of Music 1997-2001

REFERENCES / MENTORS

Mark Oswald voice teacher 2004-current Keith Lockhart conductor Sharon Daniels voice teacher 2006-2008 William Lumpkin conductor/coach Allison Voth opera coach John Keane coach Thomas Muraco coach Jay Lesenger director Patrick Gardner conductor Norman Dello Joio coach Dona Vaughn acting coach/director Carol Rausch coach/conductor Keith Chambers coach, conductor

RECORDINGS/AWARDS

Chautauqua Opera Guild Apprentice Artist Award 2011 GRAMMY AWARD winner (2005 Classical Producer of the Year) (NAXOS) Anthology of Jewish-American Composers Samuel Adler Symphony No. 5 Baritone Soloist

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Fluent in Hebrew
  • Piano (8 years)
  • Stage Combat, Dance, Acting
  • Green Belt (Kempo Kung-Fu)