Marina Beeson is a soprano from Dunkirk, Maryland. Her most recent operatic roles include Tina in Flight (University of Southern California Thornton Opera), Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors (New England Conservatory) and the Erste Knabe in Die Zauberflöte (Berlin Opernfest). As a member of New England Conservatory’s Undergraduate Opera Studio, Marina portrayed the roles of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Amy in Little Women (Young Artist Initiative), Roselinde in Die Fledermaus, and Cenerentola in La Cenerentola. Passionate about performing new works, she premiered Lila Quillin’s "Elohim Bekirbah”, at the 2020 International Saxophone Symposium after earning the Calvert County Arts in Education Award. In 2021, Marina won the gold prize at the World Classical Music Awards vocal competition . 

     Past summers have been spent participating in the Berlin Opera Academy (2022), and Bard College Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Summer Institute (2020). Marina is a vocal student of Thomas Michael Allen at the University of California Thornton School of Music, where she will graduate with her Master of Music in Vocal Arts in May of 2024. Marina graduated from New England Conservatory in May of 2021 with her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance where she studied with Lisa Saffer.