Maia Andrews is an award-winning soprano from Australia. She recently performed the leading role of Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème on Opera Australia’s 2024 National Tour, performing in over 20 theatres across New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania, drawing widespread accolades from audiences and critics alike.​​                          ​

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In 2023, Maia was selected for the Opera Queensland Young Artist Program, where she starred in Sunset Opera and covered the role of Fiordiligi in Patrick Nolan’s celebrated production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. This followed her earlier successes in 2022 with Pinchgut Opera’s production of Charpentier’s Médée, appearing as Une Italienne at Sydney’s City Recital Hall.

 

Maia’s career has taken her across Europe, where she gained recognition for her compelling portrayal of the title role in Grigori Frid’s Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank at Theater Altenburg Gera in 2020—a performance hailed as “a momentous event” that both “enthralled and touched the audience.” (Ostthüringer Zeitung). During her tenure at Theater Altenburg Gera, she also performed in numerous opera galas, including Freistatt schöner Geister, Die ganze Welt ist Himmelblau, and Kriminal-Tango, showcasing her versatility with excerpts ranging from Verdi to Weber, which were recorded and broadcast by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk to great acclaim.

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Earlier in her career, Maia interpretated the lead role of Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Oper Oder-Spree Festival in 2019. Following this success, she was invited back to reprise her role as Gretel in Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel for a second time with the Jenaer Philharmonie at the Volkshaus Jena.

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Looking ahead, Maia is delighted to be working again with Opera Queensland, performing as the soprano soloist in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle as part of the 2025 Brisbane Bel Canto Festival, conducted by Richard Mills. Later this year she will reprise the role of Mimì with Opera Australia, touring across Victoria, Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia.

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Maia is a graduate of the Thüringer Opernstudio, holds a Master of Opera from the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, a Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and a Bachelor of Music/Arts from the University of New South Wales. Maia is sincerely grateful for the support she received throughout her studies including from the: MTO German-Australian Opera Grant; Helpmann Family Foundation Scholarship; Patricia Lucas Music Achievement Scholarship; Opera and Arts Support Group; NSW Wagner Society; and the Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge Foundation.