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.

Biography

Upcoming events

IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: Edinburgh

Date: June 19, 2026Time: 7:30 pmVenue: Assembly RoxyLocation: 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU, Edinburgh United Kingdom Website: View Events Website

An hour-long music theatre performance, bringing together the unique intimacy of the baroque cantata for voice and continuo with a completely contemporary theatrical approach, to tell three urgent stories about how we survive the unfairness of a fallen world. Three works from de la Guerre’s Cantates Bibliques (Adam, Jonah, Jephthah), translated by Toria Banks and produced in partnership by Mahogany Opera, Dunedin Consort and Hera.

Toria Banks - librettist

Jennifer Fletcher - director

Ben Moon - lighting designer & projection artist

Ingrid Hu - set & costume designer

Carolyn Sampson - soprano

Mariana Rodrigues - soprano

IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: Britten Pears Arts

Date: June 25, 2026Time: 7:00 pmVenue: Britten StudioLocation: Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, IP17 1SP, United Kingdom Website: View Events Website

Dramatic tales from a remarkable Baroque composer: In the Belly of the Beast is a thrilling new production from Hera, Mahogany Opera and Dunedin Consort.

A brand new show featuring 300-year-old music, In the Belly of the Beast combines the beauty and intimacy of the baroque cantata, with bold theatrical storytelling. Starring Carolyn Sampson, Mariana Rodrigues and featuring musicians from leading baroque specialists Dunedin Consort, it retells three powerful myths about how we all survive the unfairness of life.

From Adam in the Garden of Eden, to Jonah at sea, to Jephthah returning from battle, three men make deals with God that don’t turn out well. Together, their stories, and the healing power of music, help us make sense of a world seemingly governed by arbitrary, unreasonable power.

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Mariana Rodrigues - soprano

Jennifer Fletcher - director
Toria Banks - libretto (after Antoine Houdar de la Motte)

Schedule

"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