Mariana is a soprano from Almada, Portugal, currently studying on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Marilyn Rees.

She has already earned several prestigious awards, including the 2024 Susan Longfield Award, the 2024 Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors Vocal Prize, and has been a finalist in the 69th Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Concurso Internacional de Canto Lírico de Lousada, and the 12th Concurso de Canto Lírico Fundação Rotária Portuguesa.

Mariana made her professional debut at OperaFest Lisboa, performing the role of Jody in I. Aboulker’s Jeremy Fisher. She has also performed with West Green House Opera, where she played Sour Dolcina in Suor Angelica and Nedda in excerpts from Pagliacci.

At Guildhall, she has showcased her versatility in a wide range of roles, including Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine, Arabella in Strauss’s Arabella, Tatjana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Suor Angelica in Suor Angelica, Mimì in La Bohème, and Rosalinde in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.

Looking ahead, Mariana will perform Aunt Norris in Dove’s Mansfield Park as part of the Guildhall Opera Course, join the Waverley Singers and the Chameleon Arts Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

Mariana will be joining the Glyndebourne Chorus in the 2025 Festival as a Jerwood Young Artist.

Mariana is also a Josephine Baker Trust singer and a recipient of the C & P Young Scholarship.

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