Marlina Karimi

Marlina Karimi is a Florida Gulf Coast University graduate and was awarded the Jeanie Queen from the Florida Federation of Music Club’s Stephen Foster State Awards (2018) and the first prize in the 2017 Jillian Prescott Competition (vocal division). She performed scenes from Don Giovanni and Cosí fan tutte, as Donna Anna and Fiordiligi, respectively, in Verona, Italy as a participant in the 2018 summer Opera Viva! program. Additionally, she played the Contessa in FGCU’s production of Le nozze di Figaro in 2019. Karimi worked with Opera Naples as a chorister for the 2019-2020 season, having served as a chorister for both Aïda and Carmen during the previous season. She is the soprano section leader for the Chancel Choir at Moorings Presbyterian Church in Naples.