Maria Koroleva

Soprano Maria Koroleva received her vocal training at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She graduated with distinction from both the Bachelor of Music programme at the Moscow State University of the Humanities (MosGU) and the Master of Music programme at the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, where she was supported by the Sussex Scholar Award. As a recipient of the Excellence Scholarship and the Holland Scholarship, Maria Koroleva continued her vocal training at the Dutch National Opera Academy (DNOA).
Maria Koroleva made her debut as Musetta (La Bohème) with the Nederlandse Reisopera in spring 2022. Her repertoire includes roles such as Pamina (The Magic Flute, DNOA); Eurydice (Orphée et Eurydice by Gluck-Berlioz, Festival Lyrique en Mer), Cornelia ( by Graun, DNOA); Lady with a Hand Mirror (Argento's Postcard from Morocco, DNOA); Ida (Die Fledermaus), Maguelonne (Viardot's Cendrillon, DNOA) and First Trio Member (Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti, RCM). She has also sung the role of Susanna in selected scenes of ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ (RCM), Gretel in ‘Hänsel und Gretel’ (RCM) and the title role in ‘Schneeflöckchen’ (by Rimsky-Korsakov, MosGU).
Maria Koroleva also enjoys singing chamber music and oratorios. She has received various engagements with IVC and Heusden-Vesting Klassiek in the Netherlands.
Since the 2022.23 season, she has been a member of the International Opera Studio at Cologne Opera and has appeared as the First Maid (Der Zwerg), Young Miranda (Miranda by Purcell), Angelika (Der Gesang der Zauberinsel by Lange), Laura (Luisa Miller), Catarina Costa in the world premiere of Frank Pesci's ‘The Strangers’, Gretel in ‘Hansel and Gretel’, Julia in Blacher's ‘Romeo and Julia’, the Cock in the children's opera ‘The Bremen Town Musicians’, alternating Amore and Drusilla in ‘L'incoronazione di Poppea’ and the Fourth Handmaid in ‘Elektra’. She also made a guest appearance as Euridice in Gluck's ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ at the ‘Lyrique en mer’ festival on Belle-Île (Brittany) in 2023.
In the 2024.25 season, her programme includes Dorinda in Handel's ‘Orlando’, Frasquita in ‘Carmen’, Zerlina in ‘Don Giovanni’ and Pamina/Second Lady in ‘The Magic Flute for Young and Old’.