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Argentinian tenor Gabriel Arce, born in San Juan, Argentina, and is based in Madrid. Arce has performed as a soloist at opera houses, national theatres, festivals, and concert halls across Italy, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Malta, Greece, France, Belgium, Israel, and Argentina.

Zu seinen Engagements zählen unter anderem die Nationaloper und das Nationalballett Sofia, die Staatsoper Stara Zagora, das Maltesische Nationaltheater (Teatru Manoel, Valletta), das Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid, der Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, das Mozarteum Salzburg, die Oper Burg Gars, die Israel Chamber Opera, das Ashdod Performing Arts Center, das Teatro Comunale di Belluno, das Teatro Apolo in Madrid und der Palazzo Steri in Palermo.

Arce’s operatic repertoire includes Faust (Faust, Gounod) at Sofia National Opera & Ballet and State Opera Stara Zagora; Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at Oper Burg Gars and State Opera Stara Zagora; Rodolfo (La Bohème) at Teatro Comunale di Belluno and Teatro Apolo Madrid; Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) with the Israel Chamber Opera at the Ashdod Performing Arts Center; Alfredo (La Traviata) at Palau de la Música Catalana; Duda di Mantova (Rigoletto) at Perugia Music Fest; Hoffmann (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) with the Mozarteum Salzburg; Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore) at Schloss Amerang; as well as Tamino (The Magic Flute) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at Palazzo Steri as part of the Palermo Classica Festival.

As a concert soloist, he has performed Verdi’s Messa di Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem at the Auditorio Nacional de Música de Madrid; Beethoven’s ninth symphony at the Palermo Classica Festival; Mascagni’s Messa di Gloria and Rossini’s petite Messe Solennelle in Salzburg; Bruckner’s te deum at the Auditorio Juan Victoria in Argentina; Mozart’s coronation mass in Salzburg; as well as Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noel, and Ariel Ramírez’s Misa Criolla.

Gabriel Arce has been awarded prizes in several international competitions. He was the Winner of the “Voice of Kamen” Competition in Plovdiv in 2022, receiving a Contract Prize with State Opera Stara Zagora; Winner of the “Grandi Voci” Competition in Salzburg in 2019, receiving the Puccini Prize; Winner of the “Mozart Festival” Competition at Mozarteum San Juan in 2015; and Winner of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes Award in Argentina in 2016.

He studied Music Performance – Singing at the National University of San Juan, Argentina, and subsequently continued his vocal training with Fernando Lara in Mendoza, Argentina. He later specialized in Opera and Musical Theatre at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria, where he studied with tenor Mario Diaz.

Since 2025, Gabriel Arce has also been lead vocalist of the internationally acclaimed project ERA, created and directed by Eric Lévi. With ERA, he completed a tour in France in February 2025 and recorded the song “Sempire Deo”, featured on the group’s latest album.

A guitarist and composer as well, Gabriel Arce creates music that blends elements of funk, R&B, soul, blues, and contemporary styles. His versatility as a musician allows him to move naturally between the worlds of classical and popular music, bringing a distinctive expressive quality to both.