Brian Giebler
Tenor

Praised for his “lovely tone and deep expressivity” by The New York Times, GRAMMY® nominated tenor Brian Giebler radiates “shine and clarity” (Opera News) in every phrase using “his high-placed tenor with great skill” (Opera Magazine). His debut solo album a lad's love (Bridge Records, 2020) garnered high praise from such publications as Gramophone, Opera News (Critics Choice), and San Francisco Classical Voice, debuted on the Billboard charts, and earned him his first GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. 


Highlights of Mr. Giebler’s 2024/25 season include debuts with the Colorado Symphony and Austin Symphony (Orff Carmina Burana), Handel Messiah with the Asheville Symphony, Handel Theodora in concert with Ars Lyrica Houston, and return engagements with Voices of Ascension (Evangelist in Bach St. Matthew Passion), Princeton Pro Musica (Haydn Creation), and as Matthew Shepard with Conspirare in Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard. 


“The sweetness of Giebler's impressive high tenor” and his "expressive and elegant phrasing" (Cleveland Classical) have been heard in diverse roles such as Apollo in Handel Semele with The English Concert and The Clarion Choir in an international tour under Harry Bicket at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), the Barbican (London), and Carnegie Hall (New York); as Adam in REV 23 at the Prototype Festival (dir. James Darrah; cond. Daniela Candillari); as Aeneas in Purcell Dido and Aeneas with Atlanta Baroque Orchestra, and in the comedic role of Arnalta in Monteverdi L'incoronazione di Poppea with Boston Baroque. Recent highlights include Desmerest Circé and Caccini Alcina with Boston Early Music Festival under Stephen Stubbs and Paul O’Dette, Bach B Minor Mass at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of New York (Kent Tritle) and Clarion Music Society (Steven Fox), Orff Carmina Burana with the Milwaukee and Virginia Symphony Orchestras, a tour of the Ravinia and Caramoor Festivals singing Monteverdi with Apollo’s Fire and Jeannette Sorrell, Haydn Creation with Santa Fe Pro Musica, and with Mark Morris Dance Group to sing the choreographer’s iconic version of Handel L’Allegro, il Penseroso at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Erik Satie Socrate at Cal Performances. 


He has performed Stravinsky with the Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst; Evangelist in Bach St. Matthew Passion (Trinity Wall Street) and St. John Passion (Voices of Ascension); Mozart at both Carnegie Hall (Requiem) and Lincoln Center (C Minor Mass); Mendelssohn Elijah with Baltimore Choral Arts; and Bach Cantatas with the Grand Rapids Symphony and Handel & Haydn Society under Harry Christophers. Regularly engaged for Handel Messiah, he has performed the work with Music of the Baroque and Nicholas Kraemer (available on recording), internationally in South Korea with the Seoul Metropolitan Chorus, and with the Charlotte, Rhode Island, Memphis, and Virginia Symphonies, as well as at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of New York. Mr. Giebler sang and recorded the role of Iff the Water Genie in Wuorinen Haroun and the Sea of Stories with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and made his debut in France with Ensemble Correspondances under Sébastien Daucé and in Germany with Boston Early Music Festival in Charpentier Les Plaisirs and de Lalande Les Fontaines.