Portuguese soprano Mariana Fernandes is rapidly establishing herself as a compelling and versatile performer, praised for her vocal power, emotional depth, and nuanced characterisation. She is a recent graduate of the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (2023–2025), where she completed both a Master of Performance with Distinction and a Bachelor of Music with Honours. Her early musical training began at the Escola Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional in Lisbon.

In 2025, Mariana joined Glyndebourne Opera as a Jerwood Young Artist, performing inthe chorus for Parsifal, Saul, Falstaff, and Káťa Kabanová at the Glyndebourne Festival. She returned later that year to cover Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and will rejoin Glyndebourne in 2026 as cover Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. In the 2027 season, she will make her role debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Orquestra do Norte.

Her stage repertoire includes Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Aunt Norris (Mansfield Park), Mabel (The Casserole), Suor Dolcina (Suor Angelica), and Jody (Jeremy Fisher), with performances at Guildhall Opera, West Green House Opera, and OperaFest Lisboa. She has also covered Angèle in Der Zar lässt sich photographieren.

Her portrayal of Rosalinde received significant critical acclaim:

"Mariana Fernandes reveals an extremely well-developed and nuanced soprano…" — Music OMH

"Capable of stunning power." — London Unattached

"Her admirably inflected csárdás… revealed a multi-faceted quality of characterisation." — Opera Today

A frequent concert soloist, Mariana has performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at St Giles Cripplegate and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle at Romsey Abbey. She appeared as a soloist in the Jerwood Young Artists Concert at Brighton Dome and has performed at Wigmore Hall in both the VoiceWorks series and as a finalist in the 69th Kathleen Ferrier Awards, one of the UK's most prestigious competitions for young singers. Additional concert appearances include LSO Discovery Days at LSO St Luke's.

An award-winning artist, Mariana won First Prize at the 11.ª edição do Concurso para Jovens Intérpretes – Prémio José Augusto Alegria (2026). Her other distinctions include the 2024 Susan Longfield Award and the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors Vocal Prize. She was also a finalist in the Concurso Internacional de Canto Lírico de Lousada and the 13.º Concurso de Canto Lírico da Fundação Rotária Portuguesa at the Centro Cultural de Belém.

Mariana's extensive operatic scene repertoire includes Magda (La rondine), Arabella (Arabella), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Tatyana (Eugene Onegin), Lia (L'enfant prodigue), Mimì (La bohème), Micaëla (Carmen), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Suor Angelica, Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), and Nedda (Pagliacci).

Recognised for the expressive richness and versatility of her artistry, Mariana Fernandes continues to build a career that spans opera, concert, and competition stages. Combining vocal power with musical sensitivity and dramatic insight, she is emerging as one of the most promising Portuguese sopranos of her generation.

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