Praised for his “a beautiful, luscious baritone,” Gabriel Preisser receives rave reviews for his vast repertoire of performances.  This season, Preisser performs the role of Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Orlando, Major General in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Tampa, performs as a soloist in Jacksonville Symphony’s Holiday Pops concert, and reprises his role as Lt. Gordon in Silent Night with Utah Opera. He first called the industry to attention for his performance of Lt. Gordon in the world-première of Kevin Putz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night with Minnesota Opera which he then reprised with Opera Philadelphia, Cincinnati Opera, and in his Michigan Opera Theatre début.  Mr. Preisser then switched sides in Putz’s WWII opera as he portrayed the French Lt. Audebert in Silent Night with Piedmont Opera. Last season, he performed the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera Orlando and in Le nozze di Figaro with Inland Northwest Opera (formerly Opera Coeur d’Alene). Other engagements last season include Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Opera Tampa, Sam in Trouble in Tahiti and the baritone soloist in Arias & Barcarolles with Magic City Opera and Orchestra Miami, Petruchio in Kiss Me Kate with Annapolis Symphony, and the World Premiere of Today it Rains in a co-production between American Opera Projects and Opera Parallèle in San Francisco.  Preisser also performed as soloist with the Canterbury Voices at Oklahoma City University in Britten’s War Requiem, and with the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra in Orff’s Carmina Burana.