Mariana Rodrigues
Singing with a crystalline beauty that would tame any savage beast” (The Times), Portuguese soprano Mariana Rodrigues has just completed her MA with Distinction at the Royal Academy of Music in London with a full scholarship, where she was awarded a DipRAM for outstanding final recital.

Mariana has been a soloist for Academy Song Circle, Academy Voices, Resounding Shores, and the Bach in Leipzig series, where she worked with Masaaki Suzuki, Philippe Herreweghe, Rachel Podger, John Butt, Peter Whelan, Dame Jane Glover, Elizabeth Kennedy, Yvonne Kenny, Margaret Faultless, Nicholas Mulroy, amongst others.
Mariana has won the Isabel Jay Memorial Prize, Edna Bralesford Vocal Prize, Regency Award and the Flora Nielsen Prize. She has participated in Masterclasses with Iestyn Davies, Dame Felicity Lott, Joanne Lunn, Christian Gerhaher, Lucy Crowe, Malcolm Martineau and Hermut Hoell.
Recent engagements include a double recital debut at the Royal Albert Hall and Billy Cowie’s song cycle live premiere with her duo Chantefable, performances in the Cripta de la Sagrada Familia with Bachcelona and Palau de la Música Catalana with Fundación Salvat, and Sir John Clerk’s soprano solo cantata with Dunedin Consort.
Mariana alongside Carolyn Sampson will be premiering a two-woman opera with Dunedin Consort, Mahogany Opera and Hera for their upcoming project In the Belly of the Beast.
Recent festival appearances include Bachcelona, Bloomsbury, Baroquestock, Islington, Surrey Bach, and Vilalte in the south of France.
Young Artist Programmes for the 2025/2026 season include: Vache Baroque James Bowman Young Artist, Bachcelona AKADEMIE, first ever Concertist Fellow with Oxford Bach Soloists, BREMF Emerging Artist with Chantefable and Next Generation Artist with Sestina Music.
Mariana is delighted to be the soprano recipient of the Salvat Grant for Baroque Music 2026.