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Gabrielle Portelli

Gabrielle Portelli

Erato

Gabrielle is a 24-year-old Soprano from the island of Malta. Aged 16, Gabrielle started studying classical voice at the Malta School of Music under the tutelage of Soprano Miriam Cauchi. She is currently pursuing a voice performance Diploma at the Malta School of Music. Gabrielle also possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Studies and Psychology.


She is currently part of the Opera Nova Project led by Gillian Zammit and Denise Mulholland and will be portraying the role of Papagena in their production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” in September 2025.


In 2023, Gabrielle has made her debut at the Manoel Theatre during “An Evening of Italian Opera Scenes” where she interpreted the role of Rita from Donizetti’s “Rita” together with the Malta School of Music Opera Studio, which she is an active member of.


She also sang during a Maltese mass held at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican City and performed during the Christmas concert “Venite Adoremus” at the Sant’ Andrea della Valle Basilica in Rome.


In 2024, Gabrielle was a winner in Malta School of Music’s Concerto Competition and as a result, performed as a soloist during Malta Youth Orchestra’s 2024-2025 season.


She has also been an active participant during master classes with opera singers such as Maestra Sumi Jo, Jennifer Larmore, Luis Aguilar, Bernhard Hansky, Snezana Nena Brzakovic and Carlos Conde Gonzalez and Opera Directors Vivien Hewitt and Lars Franke. Gabrielle was also one of 12 chosen participants in a three-week masterclass in Germany called “Oper Oder Spree” 2022 and was awarded a scholarship to attend the masterclass again in August 2023. She was supported by the BOV Joseph Calleja Foundation on both occasions, along with her attendance to the masterclass with Sumi Jo in Vienna in August 2024.


Gabrielle took part in Notte Bianca 2024 as both director and performer in an original bilingual operetta called “Kummiedja Operistika” along with three other upcoming singers.


Aged 12, Gabrielle was a soloist in two concerts accompanied by the Malta Youth Orchestra. She was a finalist in the Charles Camilleri Music Competition 2018 and was part of the adult choir in the opera film: “Blat: City of Humanity” in 2021. She has also taken part in a variety of solo and chamber recitals hosted by Pjazza Teatru Rjal, The Jesuits Church Foundation, Barocco Foundation, Festivals Malta.

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