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Gabriel Hernandez is a Puerto Rican-American performer, acclaimed for his recent appearances as "a wonderful tenor" (Opera Wire) and "the highlight of the performance" (Maryland Theatre Guide). He is dedicated to using his art to showcase the experiences of queer individuals, as seen in his photo series, Taking Up Space: Queer Identity in Opera, which debuted at the Countee Cullen Library in 2021. In 2026 the artist joins the Prototype Festival for the premiere of PRECIPICE and Cantori New York in concert as John Adams in Adolphus Hailstork’s Crispus Attucks and as tenor soloist in Four Psalms.

Gabriel’s 2025 performances include the role of Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte with Bronx Opera, Dr. Caius in Falstaff with Geneva Light Opera, Susannah with St. Petersburg Opera covering the role of Sam, and his Carnegie Hall debut with La Ópera Latino Americana & Más as part of the Nuestros sonidos series. His 2023-2024 season featured several role debuts: Remendado in Hogfish Festival's CarmXn, Le Comte Barigoule in Viardot's Cendrillon with Resonance Works, a return to Opera Ithaca as Peter Quint in Britten's Turn of the Screw and Aret in Haydn’s Jupiter’s Journey to the Earth with Little Opera Theatre of New York.

In 2022-2023 Gabriel sang Torquemada in Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole with New Camerata Opera and the world premiere of Yours Forever, Lincoln, as the title character, with Quarry Theater. He also made his company debut with Opera Ithaca as Pluto in Orpheus in the Underworld.

As a Gate-City Bank resident artist at Fargo-Moorhead Opera in 2021-2022, he debuted as Joe in Robert Paterson's Companion, sang the Sergeant in The Barber of Seville, and reimagined the company's outreach program through digital interactions with local schools. He was also featured in Merola Opera's award-winning film project Back Home: Through the Stage Door and joined the Lakes Area Music Festival as a Vocal Fellow.