Ariana Ricci

Ariana Ricci is an emerging Australian soprano, praised for her “engaging acting skills” and “crystalline vocal quality” (T.Wong, The Music Trust, 2023).

She has worked previously with Pinchgut Opera on their Eternal Light programin August, 2024. Ariana has also performed as a soloist with ensembles such as the Muffat Collective, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, and the Opera Australia Orchestra, with conductors such as Stephen Layton MBE, Tahu Matheson, Erin Helyard, and Nicholas Milton AM.

Later this year, she also looks forward to performing in the modern opera ʻBallsʼ (L.Karpman) with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Marin Alsop. Her roles include Gretel - Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), Le Feu - LʼEnfant et les Sortileges (Ravel), Margery - The Dragon of Wantley (Lampe), Spring/Nymph/First Woman - The Fairy Queen (Purcell), First Witch - Dido and Aeneas (Purcell), and Bellezza - Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Händel).

Ariana has had success in numerous competitions, including as Second Prize winner in the 2025 Lies Askonas Competition, and as a finalist and prize winner in the 2024 IFAC Handa Australian Singing Competition, the 2024 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship Competition, and the 2023 Demant Dreikurs Scholarship Song Competition.

She has also performed in various masterclasses, including with Sir Thomas Allen, Richard Hetherington, Nicky Spence OBE, Brenda Hurley, Serena Gamberoni, Natalie Aroyan, and Lynne Dawson.

Ariana is in her final year of a Master of Performance, studying under Prof. Janis Kelly at the Royal College of Music, London, as the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Scholar. She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, supported by the Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship, under Dr. Anke Hoeppner-Ryan and Dr. Rowena Cowley. She was also awarded the George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship to support her studies in the UK.

Bio Updated September 2025