Mariana Rodrigues

Portuguese Soprano

About

Portuguese soprano Mariana Rodrigues recently completed her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London, with a full scholarship under Marie Vassiliou, Raymond Connell, James Baillieu, Joseph Middleton and Philip Sunderland. A soloist for Academy Song Circle, Academy Voices, Resounding Shores and Bach in Leipzig, Rodrigues has won the Isabel Jay Memorial Prize, Edna Bralesford Vocal Prize, Regency Award and Flora Nielsen Prize.
Recent engagements include recital debut at the Royal Albert Hall with Chantefable and Sir John Clerk’s solo cantata with Dunedin Consort.
Recent festival appearances include Bachcelona, Bloomsbury, Baroquestock, Islington, and Vilalte.
Young Artist Programmes for the 2025/2026 Season include: Leeds Song Young Aritst and BREMF Emerging Artist with her duo Chantefable, Vache Baroque James Bowman Young Artist, Bachcelona AKADEMIE with Lluís Vilamajó and Paul Agnew, first ever Concertist Fellow with Oxford Bach Soloists and Next Generation Artist with Sestina Music.
Mariana is the recipient of the Salvat Grant for Baroque Music 2026.

Upcoming events

BACHCELONA -The Händel Passion

BACHCELONA -The Händel Passion

Date: March 19, 2026Time: 8:00 pmVenue: Auditorio Fundació SalvatLocation: Barcelona Spain Website: View Events Website
This program of music by Handel and Bach recreates an extraordinary event: Good Friday, 1747, when J.S. Bach performed Handel’s arias in Leipzig during a performance of the Markus Passion.

This is a truly exceptional event, likely the only known instance of artistic interaction between these composers, both born in 1685 and contemporaries.

The program presents the seven Handel arias that Bach performed that day in Leipzig, including some recitatives to provide the precise context of the Passion in which each piece is situated, and juxtaposes them with other Bach arias related to the Easter liturgy.

BACHCELONA – The Händel Passion

BACHCELONA - The Händel Passion

Date: March 20, 2026Time: 8:00 pmVenue: Cicle TrànsitsLocation: Barcelona Spain Website: View Events Website
This program of music by Handel and Bach recreates an extraordinary event: Good Friday, 1747, when J.S. Bach performed Handel’s arias in Leipzig during a performance of the Markus Passion.

This is a truly exceptional event, likely the only known instance of artistic interaction between these composers, both born in 1685 and contemporaries.

The program presents the seven Handel arias that Bach performed that day in Leipzig, including some recitatives to provide the precise context of the Passion in which each piece is situated, and juxtaposes them with other Bach arias related to the Easter liturgy.

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

The Times

"...a moving, committed performance, with vigorous chorus work"

The Guardian, regarding RAM’s production of Ariodante

"... an exceptional evening"

The Guardian, regarding Vache Baroque’s Out of the Deep concert at Smith Square Hall