Mariño returned last season to Sydney to collaborate once again with Paul Dyer and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Desperate Heroines — a vividly curated programme of arias for Handel’s leading ladies: Cleopatra, Rodelinda and Alcina. He reunited with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto, made his debut with Symphony Nova Scotia, and toured with Concerto de Cavalieri. Further highlights included appearances with Gabetta Consort, a reprise of Oberto (Alcina) with Les Épopées under Stéphane Fuget, and performances with L’Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles in Paris and on tour in China.

Recent seasons have seen a string of standout debuts that underscore his growing international presence and artistic versatility: with Camerata Pacifica in California; and in Europe at Konzerthaus Berlin with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin for the Rebuild Ukraine gala; and at Den Norske Opera with a programme of Mozart, Gluck, Cimarosa and Bologne, returning for the Norway Pride 50^th Anniversary Concert broadcast on NRK1. Operatic highlights include Zambinella in Sarrasine at the Handel Festival in Göttingen, and his UK opera debut as Iris in Glyndebourne Festival’s Semele with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Václav Luks. A compelling recitalist, Mariño has also appeared at the Pablo Casals Symphony Hall in Puerto Rico with pianist Jonathan Ware.

Mariño originally trained as a ballet dancer at the Venezuelan National School of Dance, before beginning his musical studies in piano and voice at the National Conservatory of Music. In 2017, he was awarded the Interpretation Award at the Opéra de Marseille International Singing Competition and won the Neue Stimmen Audience prize. He is closely mentored by the renowned soprano Barbara Bonney and is the recipient of a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Salzburg. In 2019, Mariño founded Ensemble Teseo with the aim of reviving forgotten Baroque works and techniques.