Dutch mezzo-soprano Maria Warenberg finished her studies with distinction at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam under the guidance of Sasja Hunnego. She is a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2023 and a multiple prize winner of the Classic Young Masters competition.
In 2021 Maria debuted as Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) at Opera Zuid. In that same year she became a member of the Dutch National Opera Academy in Amsterdam where she made her debut in various opera productions, including Costanza (Haydn’s L’isola disabitata) with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century under the baton of Kenneth Montgomery.
Last season the young mezzo soprano made her role debut as Annio (La clemenza di Tito by Mozart) at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, a production that was also presented in Luxemburg and in Vienna as part of the Wiener Festwochen last season.
Besides opera repertoire, Maria Warenberg has a big passion for Lied repertoire and she has performed in the leading festivals and concert venues in the Netherlands. Last summer she performed Berlioz’s Les Nuits d'été with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. This season Maria Warenberg and Malcolm Martineau will perform their recital ‘‘Into the night’’ at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
Maria is since the 2024-2025 season a member of the soloist ensembe at Opéra National de Paris. She will make her debut in different opera productions such as I Puritani by Bellini and Cunning little vixen by Janacek.