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Gil Zilkha enjoys an active singing career in
repertoire ranging
from early music to new composition, art song to opera, and covering a wide variety of cultural styles. He is equally adept at immersing himself in serious as well as comic roles. In addition to venues throughout the United States, Gil has performed concert solos in Germany, Austria, Ireland, and Wales. Based in his native Austin, Texas, Gil has performed numerous concert and oratorio solos. Some of his favorites include the role of Jesus in the Bach Passions, Ich habe genug, and the bass solo in Mozart's Requiem. Gil made his Austin Lyric Opera debut in 2009 as Count Ceprano in Verdi's Rigoletto. With the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin, he has performed the roles of Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore and King Hildebrand in Princess Ida. Gil has performed with such award-winning ensembles as the Oregon Bach Festival Berwick Chorus, Conspirare, and the Texas Early Music Project. He received his Masters in Voice Performance from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. His principal voice teachers were Rose Taylor and Nikita Storojev. |
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"Zilkha found the best
mix of vocal beauty and clear diction." - Austin-American
Statesman
(Bach Christmas Oratorio) "...the lively Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, with bass soloist Gil Zilkha, stood out." - Dachau News (Germany) Concert
Solos
J. S.
Bach
St. Matthew
Passion (Jesus, arias)
St. John Passion (Jesus) Mass in B minor Magnificat Christmas Oratorio Cantata BWV 4 ("Christ lag in Todesbanden") Cantata BWV 18 ("Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt") Cantata BWV 31 ("Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret") Cantata BWV 36 ("Schwingt freudig euch empor") Cantata BWV 61 ("Nun komm, der heiden Heiland") Cantata BWV 78 ("Jesu, der du meine Seele") Cantata BWV 80 ("Ein' fest Burg ist unser Gott") Cantata BWV 82 ("Ich habe genug") Cantata BWV 130 ("Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir") Cantata BWV 140 ("Wachet auf") Cantata BWV 211 ("Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" aka 'Coffee Cantata') Beethoven Mass in C Bernstein Chichester Psalms Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Hymn to St. Cecilia M.A Charpentier In Nativitum Domini Canticum Duruflé Requiem Dvořák Stabat Mater Fauré Requiem Handel Messiah Judas Maccabeus Dettingen Te Deum Prepare the Hymn J. Haydn The Creation (Adam) Lord Nelson Mass Theresa Mass M. Haydn Ave Regina Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 Mozart Requiem Mass in C minor Coronation Mass Solemn Vespers Pärt Miserere Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs Fantasia on Christmas Carols Serenade to Music Vivaldi Magnificat Opera Roles
Blow Venus and Adonis Adonis Chorus Austin Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors Balthazzar University of Texas Mozart Cosi fan tutte Don Alfonso (understudy) University of Texas Mozart Don Giovanni (scenes) Don Giovanni Texas Choral Consort Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Figaro University of Texas Mozart Der Schauspieldirektor Buffo University of Texas Mozart Die Zauberflöte (scenes) Sarastro University of Texas Puccini La Bohème (Act 2) Colline Texas Choral Consort Sullivan HMS Pinafore Captain Corcoran Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin Sullivan Princess Ida King Hildebrand Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin Verdi Rigoletto Count Ceprano Austin Lyric Opera Wagner Das Rheingold (scenes) Wotan University of Texas Chorus
First United Methodist Church Choir,
Austin, Texas (soloist/section leader)Oregon Bach Festival (soloist) Conspirare Chamber & Symphonic Chorus (section leader) Victoria Bach Festival Chamber & Festival Chorus (section leader) Texas Early Music Project (soloist) Texas Choral Consort (soloist/section leader) Chorus Austin (soloist) Abendchor (Lincoln, NE) (soloist) Austin Singers (soloist) Vox Humana (Nashville, TN) University of Texas Choral Arts Society University of Texas Opera Theatre St. Martin's Lutheran Church Choir, Austin, Texas (soloist/section leader) St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, Austin, Texas (soloist) University of Texas Chamber Singers & Concert Chorale (soloist/section leader) New York University Chamber Singers Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin Austin Choral Union |