Samuel Mariño’s unique vocal talent and glittering stage presence have already earned him a stellar reputation with audiences and allow him to explore a wide range of operatic roles in the baroque and classical repertoire.
Originally training as a ballet dancer at the Venezuelan National School of Dance, Samuel began his musical studies in piano and voice at the National Conservatory of Music. His first experiences performing operatic repertoire were with Camerata Barroca De Caracas where he worked with conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Helmuth Rilling and Theodore Kuchar. It was these collaborations that ignited his passion for the baroque repertoire and inspired him to further his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris.
In the current season, Mariño takes on the role of Zambinella in the new Handel opera pastiche, Sarrasine (based on the Balzac novel of the same name) at the Handel Festival in Göttingen, while on the concert platform he reunites with long time collaborators L’Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles, with Gabetta Consort at Opéra de Lausanne for a programme of Handel arias, and he makes his first appearances with Concerto di Cavalieri in Rome and on tour in Spain. He returns to the Gluck Festival and reunites with Recreation Orchestra in a programme of Mozart arias and Ah! Perfido, both under Michael Hofstetter; and performs as part of the benefit opera gala “Rebuild Ukraine” at Konzerthaus Berlin with Deutsches Symphonie — Orchester Berlin under Keri-Lynn Wilson. In a welcome return to the US after his debut last season, he performs a recital presented by Pro Arte Musical at the Pablo Casals Symphony Hall, Puerto Rico joined by pianist Jonathan Ware.
