Soloists

Ariadne Greif has premiered upwards of thirty new operas and nearly 300 new chamber works, and is praised for her "luminous, expressive voice," "searing top notes," and "dusky depths" (The New York Times). Recent highlights include touring North America, Europe, and Australia with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, including at Lincoln Center's Summer Festival at Alice Tully Hall. She originated the role of Sappho in Georg Friedrich Haas's Atthis, which The New York Times called "a solo high-wire act for Ms. Greif," praising her "raw, no-holds-barred performance" in "one of the most searingly painful and revealing operatic performances in recent times." She has performed at Aldeburgh Festival, Ojai Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Park Avenue Armory, The Oslo Opera House, and Zurich Tonhalle alongside William Kentridge, Caroline Shaw, Raven Chacon, Gabriel Kahane, Pekka Kuusisto, The Knights, and JACK Quartet. She was born in Los Angeles and lives in Manhattan.

Mezzo-soprano Clare McNamara's “astonishing” voice (Gramophone Magazine) has been heard on more than 20 albums; and in concert with Skylark, Emmanuel Music Boston, Handel+Haydn Society, Ensemble Altera, The Thirteen, Lorelei, Cut Circle, The Washington Bach Consort, Nightingale, Tapestry, Staunton Music Festival, Blue Heron, and The Boston Camerata. Clare continues honing her craft as a Bach interpreter this season as alto soloist with A Far Cry (BWV80), The Thirteen (St. Matthew Passion), and Emmanuel (St. Matthew Passion, BWV27 and more). She is also a GRAMMY-nominated soloist, hailed as “pure-toned” and “as good as they come” (MusicWeb International) for her Hildegard monody on Skylark's album “Seven” (2018). In addition to many European festival performances (with Cut Circle and Skylark), Clare sang as alto soloist at Bachfest (2024) in Leipzig, Germany, with Boston’s Emmanuel Music. 

Clare holds an A.B. in Music from Princeton University and an M.M. in Early Music Performance from the Longy School of Music of Bard College. Often found reading fantasy or digging in her garden, she resides in the Greater Boston area with her husband, mother, and son. 

Clare last appeared with A Far Cry in the 2019 premiere of Kareem Roustom’s “The Odyssey” as a member of Lorelei Ensemble.

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 garnered high praise from Gramophone and Opera News (Critics Choice), and earned him his first GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. His second album, a dad’s love, will be released in early 2027. 

In the 26/27 season, Mr. Giebler will bow with A Far Cry, Bach Society of St. Louis, Boston Early Music Festival, Dallas Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Harmonium of Texas, Knoxville Symphony, Missoula Symphony, National Philharmonic, Oratorio Society of NY, Pacific Symphony, Trinity Wall Street, Voices of Ascension, and the Washington National Chorus.

“The sweetness of Giebler's impressive high tenor” and his "expressive and elegant phrasing" (Cleveland Classical) have been heard singing Handel’s Messiah with Music of the Baroque (live recording available), American Bach Soloists, internationally in South Korea with the Seoul Metropolitan Chorus, and with the Charleston, Charlotte, Memphis, Naples, National Philharmonic, Rhode Island, and Virginia Symphony Orchestras; Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Boise, Colorado, Knoxville, Milwaukee, Vermont, and Virginia Symphony Orchestras; Mozart’s Requiem with the Austin Symphony, Carmel Bach Festival, Savannah Philharmonic, and at Carnegie Hall; Apollo in Handel’s Semele with The English Concert; Stravinsky’s Threni with The Cleveland Orchestra; Arnalta in Monteverdi’s Poppea with Boston Baroque; Evangelist in both Bach Passions with Trinity Wall Street and Voices of Ascension; Handel’s Theodora with Ars Lyrica Houston; Bach Cantatas with the Grand Rapids Symphony and Handel & Haydn Society; Haydn’s Paukenmesse with the Colorado Symphony; on stage and recordings with Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Boston Early Music Festival; and multiple works with Mark Morris Dance Group including a solo performance of Erik Satie’s Socrate at Cal Performances. www.briangiebler.com