Marita Solberg was a principal singer at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in 2006-2008 . Other opera engagements brought her to Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, Teatro Real Madrid, Komische Oper Berlin and Norwegian National Opera. Her roles have included Michaela in Carmen, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, the title role in Zaide, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Celia in Lucio Silla, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Marzelline in Fidelio, Charmion in Massenet’s Cléopatre, and the Angel in Messiaen’s Saint Francois D'Assise. She has worked with conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Zubin Mehta, Michel Plasson, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Manfred Honeck, Neeme Järvi, Phillip Herreweghe, Michael Hofstetter, Enrique Mazzola, Bruno Weil, Andreas Spering, Olaf Henzold, Konrad Junghänel, Miquel Ortega, Peter Neumann, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos, Christoph König, Roman Brogli-Sacher and Shao-Chia Lü.
Recant engagements included Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel and the title role in Zaide at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the conductor Zubin Mehta, Una voce dal cielo in Don Carlo as well as arias by Mozart at a gala concert at the Norwegian National Opera, and Bellezza in Handel’s Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno with the conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini.
In 2009 Solberg performed the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Handel’s Messiah in Moscow with the conductor Peter Neumann, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the conductor Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos.