Biography

Marina Prudenskaya studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and began her career at the Stanislavski Theatre in Moscow. After engagements at Staatstheater Nürnberg, she was a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (2005–07) and the Staatsoper Stuttgart (2007–13). Since 2013, she has been an ensemble member at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, where she has performed roles such as Herodias (Salome), Venus (Tannhäuser), Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), Marfa (Khovanshchina), Eboli (Don Carlos), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Octavian (Rosenkavalier), and Euphrates (Babylon).

She has appeared as a guest at major opera houses worldwide, including Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Azucena, Fricka), Vienna State Opera (Herodias, Mescalina), Teatro Real Madrid, Zurich Opera House (Eboli), Bavarian State Opera (Octavian), Opéra de Paris (Kundry), Grand Théâtre de Genève (Amneris), Washington National Opera, as well as at the Bayreuth Festival (Fricka, Waltraute) and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

She has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Philippe Jordan, Christian Thielemann, Mariss Jansons, Fabio Luisi, Marek Janowski, Simone Young, Daniel Harding, Hartmut Haenchen, and Plácido Domingo.

As a sought-after concert singer, her highlights include Verdi’s Requiem with the Berlin Philharmonic under Mariss Jansons (Salzburg Easter Festival), Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Philippe Jordan (Vienna Konzerthaus), Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Vladimir Jurowski (Moscow Philharmonic), and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été and Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Marek Janowski (Dresden Philharmonic, RSB Berlin). She has also performed at Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

Highlights of the 2024–25 season include Fenena (Nabucco) at Staatsoper Berlin, her debut as the Nurse (Die Frau ohne Schatten) at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Fricka (Die Walküre) at ROH London, as well as concert engagements in Boston, Houston, Leipzig, and Dresden.