SOPRANO
Nikola Hillebrand
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
German soprano Nikola Hillebrand – while still in the early stages of her career - has already sung at the world's leading opera houses and concert halls including the Bavarian State Opera, Glyndebourne, the Salzburg Festival, Vienna Musikverein, Mozartwoche Salzburg, Vienna Konzerthaus, the Cologne and Paris Philharmonie, Hamburg Laeizshalle, Bremen Music Festival and with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Fabien Gabel, Stephan Gottfried, Roberto González-Monjas, Manfred Honeck, René Jacobs, Vaclav Luks, Antonello Manacorda, Raphaël Pichon, Andris Nelsons, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Jérémie Rohrer, Alexander Soddy, Robin Ticciati and Franz Welser-Möst.
Upon completing her studies in Munich, Nikola Hillebrand was engaged by the Mannheim National Theatre, and from 2020 to 2024 was a member of the ensemble at the Semperoper Dresden, where she appeared in roles such as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Nozze di Figaro), Musetta (La Bohème), Zdenka (Arabella), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Adele (Die Fledermaus).
Additional highlights to date have included Zdenka in Richard Strauss' Arabella at the Bonn Theatre and Zurich Opera House, as well as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Adele (Die Fledermaus) at the Hamburg State Opera. In January 2024, she made her acclaimed debut as Kunigunde in Bernstein's Candide at the Theater an der Wien. In summer 2024, she made her debut as Agathe in a new production of Weber's Der Freischütz at the Bregenz Festival and sung a highly acclaimed Adele (Fledermaus) at the Bavarian State opera in Munich.
In the 2024/2025 season, Nikola Hillebrand will sing Pamina in her debut at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, and at the Bavarian State opera in Munich, Aspasia (Mitridate, re di Ponto) at the Hamburg Opera and Susanna (Nozze di Figaro) at the Zurich Opera. Concert performances in the latter role will take the soprano together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and Giovanni Antonini to Luxembourg, Paris, Hamburg and Basel. Nikola Hillebrand can also be heard in concert performances of Der Freischütz (Ännchen) with the Kammerakademie Potsdam and under the direction of Antonello Manacorda in Potsdam, Paris, Baden-Baden and Berlin.
On the concert stage in the coming season, Nikola Hillebrand performs Mendelssohn's Lobgesangs-Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchester under Herbert Blomstedt, Mahler's Symphony No. 4 under Roberto González-Monjas in A Coruña and with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons in Vienna and Budapest, followed by Mozart's Mass in C minor with Concentus Musicus under Stefan Gottfried at the Vienna Musikverein, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under Marin Alsop at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Orff's Carmina Burana under Markus Poschner in Lugano and Schumann's Faust Scenes under David Afkham in Madrid.
Nikola Hillebrand is a passionate Lied singer in addition to her opera and concert activities. She is the winner of the international song competition "Das Lied 2019" in Heidelberg and recently celebrated her song recital debuts at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival, the Festival de Pâques in Aix-en-Provence, the Leeds Lieder Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, London's Wigmore Hall, the Essen Philharmonie, the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, the Musikverein Graz and the Schubertiade in Hohenems and Schwarzenberg.
2024 | 2025
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DISCOGRAPHY
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Mauro Peter, Nikola Hillebrand, Christof Fischesser, Katharina Ruckgaber, Moritz von Treuenfels
Chor der Bregenzer Festspiele, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Label: CMajor | 2024
VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sarastro
Maria Perlt-Gärtner, Queen of the Night
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
James Ley, Tamino
Danylo Matviienko, Papageno
Ute Selbig, First Lady
Sabine Brohm, Second Lady
Christa Mayer, Third Lady
Aaron Pegram, Monostatos
Martin-Jan Nijhof, Speaker
Sofia Savenko, Papagena
Gerrit Illenberger, First Priest
Jongwoo Hong, Second Priest
Jürgen Müller, First Armourer
Oleksandr Pushniak, Second Armourer
Tölz Boys' Choir, Three Boys
Katharina Müllner, musical direction
Josef E. Köpplinger, production
Walter Vogelweider, stage
Dagmar Morell, costumes
Ricarda Regina Ludigkeit, choreography
Fabio Antoci, lighting
Jan Hoffmann, Jonathan Becker, Chorus
Johann Casimir Eule, dramaturgy
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
With the kind support of the Semperoper Foundation - Förderstiftung
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
" Al destin, che la minaccia " from Mitridate, re di Ponto
" Grazie a numi partì - Nel grave tormento " from Mitridate, re di Ponto
Interlude nº 3 from Thamos, King in Egypt
Richard Strauss:
Ständchen op. 17, No. II
Wiegenlied op. 41, No. I
Das Rosenband op. 36, No. I
Morgen op. 27, No. IV
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Nikola Hillebrand, soprano
Roberto Honzález-Monjas, conductor
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
" Al destin, che la minaccia " from Mitridate, re di Ponto
" Grazie a numi partì - Nel grave tormento " from Mitridate, re di Ponto
Interlude nº 3 from Thamos, King in Egypt
Richard Strauss:
Ständchen op. 17, No. II
Wiegenlied op. 41, No. I
Das Rosenband op. 36, No. I
Morgen op. 27, No. IV
Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Nikola Hillebrand, soprano
Roberto Honzález-Monjas, conductor
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87 (74a)
Robert Murray, Mitridate
Nikola Hillebrand, Aspasia
Olivia Boen, Sifare
Adriana Bignani Lesca, Farnace
Seungwoo Simon Yang, Marcio
Kady Evanyshyn, Arbate
Adam Fischer, musical direction
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig, stage direction
Marie-Luise Otto, set & costume design
Bernd Gallasch, lighet
Mara Wild, video design
Michael Sangkuhl, dramaturgy
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87 (74a)
Robert Murray, Mitridate
Nikola Hillebrand, Aspasia
Olivia Boen, Sifare
Adriana Bignani Lesca, Farnace
Seungwoo Simon Yang, Marcio
Kady Evanyshyn, Arbate
Adam Fischer, musical direction
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig, stage direction
Marie-Luise Otto, set & costume design
Bernd Gallasch, lighet
Mara Wild, video design
Michael Sangkuhl, dramaturgy
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
