A native of Argentina, Gabriela earned a Master’s Degree in Music from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, UK, where she studied under the tutelage of Vera Rozsa. She then moved to the United States and was a Young Artist at DiCapo Opera Theater for the 2002/2003 season. Since moving to New York, Gabriela has performed the role of Manon at the Shaker Mountain Festival, Susanna at CAMI Hall, Barbarina at Voorhees Theater with Opera Company of Brooklyn, Amahl at St Paul’s Church, and she made her Carnegie Hall debut performing the Sandman from Hänsel & Gretel in the Weill Recital Hall with Pacific Opera. She has also performed as a soloist in churches in Manhattan as well as the NY Metropolitan area. Her oratorio performances include the Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Vivaldi Gloria, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night Dream and the New York première of Händel’s Gloria. She has recently performed in various Gala Fundraising concerts, including the Edgewater Arts Council in New Jersey and the Santo Niño RC Church in the Philippines. Gabriela was invited to perform for the United Nations ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of September 11th at St Bart’s Church in Manhattan.

Amongst her operatic roles, she has performed Manon (Massenet’s Manon), Susanna, Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Amahl (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Nora (Vaughn Williams’ Riders to the Sea), Despina (Cosi fan tutte), Papagena and Pamina (Magic Flute) in fully-staged productions. Among her workshop performances are the roles of Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Norina (Don Pasquale) Monica (Medium), Zerlina (Don Giovanni) and Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea).

She has sung under the direction of Jim Mahady, Stephen Cannon, Christopher Cowell, Stuart Maunder, Stephen Medcalf, Betty Gambartes and Jorge Della Saletta and under the baton of James Morgan, Denes Striney, Jay Meetze, Damian Cranmer, Benjamin Zander, Juan Burgers and Bruno van Dyk. Ms Berardone has had the privilege to work with musicians such as Graham Johnson, Robin Bowman, Leslie Howard, Charlie Riecker, Paul Hamburger, Sarah Walker, Stuart Burrows, Vicenzo Laferla and Vera Rozsa.

An active recitalist, Gabriela has a vast art song repertoire, and her interpretation of French song made her the recipient of the Special Presentation Award from Artists International Presentations. Gabriela has performed song recitals in London at the Barbican, Emma Cons Hall, the Holst Room, the Rudolph Steiner House, St Stephen’s Church and the Recital Hall at the Guildhall, as well as in venues throughout Europe, the US and Argentina.