Maria Warenberg is born in the Netherlands in a family of musicians. She had her first piano lessons at the age of seven and also enjoyed singing from a young age. She had her first singing lesson from Marjan Kuiper. Six months later she entered the Princess Christina competition and won the encouragement award.

In the same year Maria was admitted to the School for Young Talent at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague where she studied with Rita Dams and Marjan Kuiper. Since September 2015 Maria studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam with Sasja Hunnego. Furthermore she had masterclasses from Margreet Honig, Marlena Malas, Nelly Miricioiu, Ann Murray, Salvatore Fisichella, Brian Zeger, Jack LiVigni, Sergei Leiferkus and Ira Siff.

Together with pianist Gabrielė Žemaitytė Maria enjoys singing lied repertoire. They have performed as a duo in different venues such as The Concertgebouw, De Doelen and several other theaters in the Netherlands.During the festive ‘Meesterproef competition’ on 21 September 2014 in the Doelen in Rotterdam, Maria Warenberg was chosen from a broadly based committee as Classic Young Master of 2014.

In 2017 Maria got lessons and masterclasses in New York with renowned singing teachers from The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. In addition, Maria also participated in an opera summer-school during the ‘Grachtenfestival’ in Amsterdam. 

The young mezzo-soprano made her debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro during the Mediterranean Opera Festival in Sicily.and at the Dutch National Opera as part of the vocal ensemble of Willem Jeth´s new opera Ritratto.  On TV she was featured in the series ´Young Heroes´ in the music programme ´Podium Witteman´

Last season she made her debut in the role of Stéphano in Gounods Roméo et Juliette at Opera Zuid and became  a member of the Dutch National Opera Academy where she performes in various productions such as Argentp´s Postcard from Morocco and Mozarts The Magic Flute. 

This season she continues at the Dutch National Opera Academy, performing productions of Offebach´s Un mari à la porte, Haydn´s L´isola disabitata and Mozart´s La finta giardinera. She also makes her debut at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam in concerts with the Radio Philharmonic.  

2022-2023

La clemenza di Tito (Annio) - Opera Ballet Vlaanderen 
Antwerp, Oper - September 2023 

.(...) I’m sure there’s a technical term for the effortless vocal and physical poise of Maria Warenberg as Annio, but I’m just going to say gorgeous.
Eleonor Knight, Bachtrack

Elisabeth competition laureate and role debutant Maria Warenberg sings, as we have come to know her, picturesquely beautiful. 
Bram van Haelter, De Standaard

(...) and a well-singing Maria Warenberg as her husband-to-be Annio. Her second aria 'Tu fosti tradito' was deservedly rewarded with applause.
Peter Franken, Place de l´Opéra 

"Maria Warenberg is the excellent surprise of this cast. (...) the young mezzo (...)  gives it a life of its own thanks to a fruity timbre and an already solid knowledge of Mozart's singing techniques. Each of her two arias, 'Torna di Tito a lato' and 'Tu fosti tradito', is sung with the right dramatic commitment and a proven sense of nuance. This is a young singer whom we look forward to seeing in more exposed roles.
Nicolas Le Clerre, Première Loge

L´Isola disabitata - Haydn - Dutch National Opera Academy

Den Haag - Amare - January 2023

"Maria Warenberg sang majestätisch und mit Wärme die Rolle der Costanza". 
NRC Handelsblad, 19-01-2023

"Delving deep into her emotional depths, mezzo-soprano Maria Warenberg made an impressive Costanza. Both her acting and singing convincingly brought out her character’s pain, suffering, and joy. Her presentation of her opening aria, “Se non piange un’infelice,” was particularly successful in establishing Costanza’s sense of loss, as she coated her lines with grief and despair, replete with colorful contrasts. The expressivity she is able to bring to her recitatives also displayed quality, as she filled the line with dynamic and emotional accents. There was nuance, urgency, and sensitivity in her performance."
Operawire, Alan Neilson, January 2023

OPER / OPERETTE

Argento - Postcard from Morocco - Foreign Singer

Gounod - Roméo et Juliette - Stéphano 

Haydn - L´Isola disabitata - Costanza

Humperdinck - Hänsel und Gretel - Hänsel

Mozart - La clemenza di Tito - Annio*
Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Cherubino
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - 2. Dame

Offenbach - Un mari à la porte - Suzanne

* in preparation