Mariana Rodrigues

Portuguese Soprano

About

Portuguese soprano Mariana Rodrigues holds a MA with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she was awarded a DipRAM for outstanding final recital in 2025. She was a soloist for Academy Song Circle, Resounding Shores, and Bach in Leipzig series. Winner of the Isabel Jay Memorial Prize, Edna Bralesford Vocal Prize, Regency Award and the Flora Nielsen Prize, her recent engagements include a tour of the opera In the Belly of the Beast with Dunedin Consort, Mahogany Opera and Hera, a double song recital debut at the Royal Albert Hall with her duo Chantefable, soloist in the Cripta de la Sagrada Familia and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.
Young Artist Programmes for 2026 include: Leeds Song Young Aritst, BREMF Emerging Artist, Vache Baroque James Bowman Young Artist, Bachcelona AKADEMIE, first ever Concertist Fellow with Oxford Bach Soloists, Next Generation Artist with Sestina Music, and Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist. Mariana is the recipient of the Salvat Grant for Baroque Music 2026.

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"Singing with a crystalline beauty that would tame any savage beast”

The Times

“Stylishly sung, theatrically persuasive, warmly affecting (...) sang elegantly and with tonal beauty”

The Guardian

“Rodrigues’ voice is beautiful, swelling with emotion when the song calls for it, and drawing out the humour in the poetry she performs with ease.”

Youngish Perspective