Marija Jelić is 31 years old soprano born in Belgrade. She continued to study with Nelson Calzi and Bruna Baglioni. In 2017, she auditioned for the Opera studio at the Belgrade National Theater, where she began to sing smaller and medium parts, and main roles in opera productions. She played Micaëla (Carmen) and Binički’s Stanka (At Dawn) at the Belgrade National Theatre, and Mimi (La Bohème), Aida (Aida) and Tosca (Tosca) at the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Elizabeth (Don Carlo).

She performed at numerous concerts in Azerbaijan, Argentina, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Mexico, Argentina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia.

At the Ljubljana Festival in 2021, she participated in a concert performance of Carmen with Elīna Garanča and Jonathan Tetelman and Karl Mark Chichon as the conductor, in Ohrid at the Gala concert on the opening of the 60th Ohrid Summer Festival, in Belgrade with Placido Domingo and the Symphony Orchestra of the Serbian Radio and Television in 2021, in Croatia with José Cura and at Plovdiv festival in Beethoven’s Symphony No.9. She also performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and maestro Sébastien Rouland and sang the role of Mimi in La Bohème at the Jerusalem Opera Festival (Israel). She played the same role in Estonia at the Narva Opera Festival. In Latvia, she sang with the Riga National Opera Orchestra at the Sigulda Opera Festival and the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. She was performing Elizabeth of Don Carlo at Plovdiv opera house. 

In 2021, Marija held a solo concert at Carnegie Hall with pianist Anthony Manoli, and in 2022, she performed at Ohrid Summer Festival with Britten’s Illumination cycle.

In 2023, Marija was performing H. Gorecki Symhony No.3 with Belgrade Philharmonic orchestra and maestro Gabriel Feltz. She was performing Aida in Cairo opera house, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Sofia Philharmonic orchestra, Aida in National opera in North Macedonia, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro in Opera Carolina in Charlotte (USA), Judith in Bartok’s Bluebeard castle in Narva opera festival (Estonia), gala opera concert with Toluca Philharmonic orchestra (Mexico) and Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chenier in Belgrade. In Seoul Marija was performing Mimi in (La Boheme) in Seoul Lotte concert hall. In 2024, Marija was performing with Sofia philharmonic orchestra and recording for publishing company Naxos Adolph Adam’s world premier of “Griseldis”. She was singing in Taipei Performing Arts Center with Taipei Symphony Orchestra Puccini’s opera La Boheme with role of Mimi. In 2024 among other concerts and performances, she was singing in gala concert for opening night of 75th season in Opera Carolina (USA), Tosca in National opera and ballet in North Macedonia, concert with ensemble “Umberto Giordano” at Camerata musicale Barese (Bari) and she had debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana in Heraklion cultural center (Greece) under baton of Maestro Myron Michailidis in December 2024.
She is president of International opera foundation founded in Belgrade (Serbia) and also Marija finished bachelor and master studies at Faculty of electrical engineering at University of Belgrade and currently she is PhD student on same faculty.