Marina Beeson is a soprano from Dunkirk, Maryland. Recent operatic roles include Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe (Opera in the Ozarks), Nina in Cherubin (University of Southern California), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Hawaii Performing Arts Festival), Soprano in La Passion de Simone (USC), Tina in Flight (USC), 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 Opera in the Ozarks (2025), Hawaii Performing Arts Festival (2023), Berlin Opera Academy (2022), Bard Conservatory’s Vocal Arts Summer Institute (2020). Marina studied with Thomas Michael Allen at the University of California Thornton School of Music, where she graduated 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. As a librettist, Marina's opera, Floreana, received its first table read in May of 2025 as a part of Geurilla Opera's Libretto Writing Collective.