The 2024/25 season sees Marina Viotti returning to the Opera National de Paris as Siébel (Faust), appear as Orlofski (Die Fledermaus) in a production by Barry Kosky at the Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, take part in a staged production of Mozart’s Requiem at the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona and sing Muse/Nicklausse in Tales of Hoffmann at the Zurich Opera House. New productions of Werther (role of Charlotte) and Der Rosenkavalier (role of Octavian) will take her back to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Concerts are on the programme at the Festival Ré Majeur, in Marseille and Paris, among others.

The versatile musician Marina Viotti first studied the flute, experimented with jazz, gospel and heavy metal and gained a master’s degree in philosophy and literature before beginning her vocal training with Heidi Brunner in Vienna, which she continued at the Lausanne University of Music with Brigitte Balleys. She completed her studies with a soloist’s diploma and completed her training with a bel canto study programme with Raul Gimenez.

First engagements took her to the Lausanne Opera, the Lucerne Theatre and, as part of the young ensemble, to the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Meanwhile, she has become an internationally sought-after artist who performs at the internationally most prestigious opera houses.

For example, she appeared as Maddalena (Rigoletto) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, sang Stéphano in Romeo et Juliette at La Scala in Milan and took on the roles of Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Muse/Niklausse at the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona. Other recent highlights include Alceste at the Rome Opera and Stéphano (Roméo et Juliette) at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. She also appeared on stage in the title role of La Périchole under the musical direction of Marc Minkowski at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, where she also performed last season Megacle in Vivali’s opera L’Olimpiade and in the title role of La Cenerentola. The artist has also appeared on stage at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and the Semperoper in Dresden.  In the 2023/24 season, she made her very successful staged debut as Carmen at Zurich Opera House in a new production by Andreas Homoki and made her US debut in the same season with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Nathalie Stutzmann with concertos of Bruckner’s Te Deum.

A particular highlight in Marina Viotti’s career was the invitation to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the beginning together with the metal band Gojira, then transitioning into the Habanera from Bizet’s opera Carmen – then accompanied by a classical orchestra, this highly acclaimed performance demonstrated the artist’s versatility.

In addition to her extensive activities on the opera stage, Marina Viotti is also a sought-after concert singer. Recent concert engagements have taken her to the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Grand Théâtre de Génève and to Grafenegg as part of the “Schlossklänge” festival. Her concert repertoire includes, among others:  The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Haydn), Beethoven’s Mass in D major and Symphony No. 9, Kindertotenlieder (Mahler) with the OCL, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt (Schumann), La petite messe solennelle (Rossini), Verdi’s Requiem, El amor Brujo (De Falla) with the Ochestre de la Suisse Italienne, La Poème de l’amour et de la mer (Chausson), to name but a few. She is regularly invited to festivals (Lavaux Classics, Solothurn Classics, Label Suisse) to present her versatile programmes “Love has no borders”, “Music has no borders” (both with a small ensemble), “About last night” (with piano) or “Porque existe otro querer” (with guitarist Gabriel Bianco). The latter has also been released on CD alongside her concert programme “A tribute to Pauline Viardot” with Les Talens Lyriques under the direction of Christophe Rousset.

Marina Viotti has won prizes at several competitions. She won 3rd prize at the “Concours de Genève” 2016, the International Bel Canto Prize at the Rossini Festival in Wildbad 2015 and first prize and the Musician’s Prize at the International Competition of Mâcon 2014. In April 2019, Marina Viotti was honoured with the “Mazars Young Singer Award” as the best young singer at the prestigious International Opera Awards in London. In 2023, she was honoured as “Artiste lyrique de l’année” (best classical singer of the year) at the Victoires de la Musique, the most important music award ceremony in France.