Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo soprano
American mezzo Gabrielle Beteag brings a fresh joy and commanding warmth to stages across
the United States and beyond. Praised for her “precise, soaring voice” by San Francisco
Classical Voice, Beteag’s recent performance in the San Francisco Adler Fellow Showcase was
“a peak performance at the opera…a moment of transfiguration.”
Endlessly inspired by the challenges inherent in developing new works, Beteag counts her role
creation of Iras in John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra during San Francisco Opera’s Centennial
Season as a career highlight. Other recent performances at SFO include Mother in The
Handmaid’s Tale, Teacher in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, Stimme von oben in Die Frau
ohne Schatten, and an Image of Frida Kahlo in El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Beteag was
also recently seen as Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites with Wolf Trap Opera, Gertrude
Stein in Tom Cipullo’s After Life with Music of Remembrance, and Anna I in Kurt Weill’s Seven
Deadly Sins with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.
A lover of concert work, Beteag has collaborated with ensembles including the Cabrillo Festival
Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the San Francisco
Ballet, and the National Orchestral Institute + Festival, where she sang Mahler’s Resurrection
Symphony under Marin Alsop’s baton.
An accomplished competitive singer, Beteag was named a Grand Finals Winner of the
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (now the Laffont Competition) in 2020. Other
industry accolades include prizes from the Gerda Lissner Foundation (Grant Winner, 2025), the
Paris Opera Competition (Finalist, Upcoming), the Giulio Gari Foundation (Third Place, 2024),
Operalia (Semifinalist, 2023), the Cooper-Bing Competition at Opera Columbus (First Place,
2023), and the Shreveport Opera Mary Jacobs Singer of the Year Competition (Second Place,
2020).
In 2026, Beteag will return to the Santa Rosa Symphony, and will make her debut with the LA
Philharmonic.
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David Troy Francis, piano
Two time Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ned Rorem says of Mr. Francis: He plays the right note with the right tone at the right time. (what more can you ask of any performer?) And with this, he adds that indefinable element of himself, which is the magic of all true interpreters.
Mr. Francis has enjoyed a 50+ year career of musical excellence and performs in recital throughout America and Europe. He has ten cds available including the world premiere recording of Mr. Rorem's Eight Etudes for Piano on the cd entitled The Americans. The Los Angeles Times raves of Mr. Francis’ playing: consistently absorbing whether in lyrical repose or propulsive fury. Two of his best selling CDs include his unique and compelling arrangements of American Hymns.
Mr. Francis is the recording pianist for such films as Pursuit of Happyness, Elegy and Fame. He has composed music for film and television.
Mr. Francis is the creator, composer, musical director and executive producer of the runaway smash hit musical BARK! - the 3rd longest running production in Los Angeles theatrical history. The wildly successful show has been mounted in theatres from Florida to Alaska and internationally in Brazil and Scotland. BARK! has been selected critics’ choice by the Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune.
David Troy Francis was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and is best known for his steadfast championing and performance of contemporary American music. Now living in Roswell, Georgia, he is an esteemed concert pianist and recording artist as well as a respected composer, arranger and accompanist.
