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 sang Adele in Strauss' Fledermaus at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich for the first time.
In the 2024/2025 season, Nikola Hillebrand sings Pamina in her debut at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and at the Bavarian State Opera, 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 Antonello Manacorda in Potsdam, Paris, Baden-Baden and Berlin.
On the concert stage, Nikola Hillebrand can be seen with works by Mozart at the traditional Advent concert in the Frauenkirche and performs Mendelssohn’s Lobgesangs-Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Herbert Blomstedtand. She then performs Mahler's Symphony No. 4 under Roberto González-Monjas in A Coruña, and with the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Andris Nelsons in Vienna and Budapest. Joining Concentus Musicus and Stefan Gottfried she performs as a soloist in Mozart's Mass in C minor with at the Vienna Musikverein, sings 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
Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Marjukka Tepponen, Mimì
Nikola Hillebrand, Musetta
Long Long, Rodolfo
Navasard Hakobyan, Marcello
Anton Beliaev, Schaunard
Aleksei Kulagin, Colline
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Benoît
Bernd Zettisch, Alcindoro
Frank Blümel, Parpignol
Holger Steinert, Sergeant of the Customs Guard
Andreas Heinze, A Customs Officer
Hyunkwang Jo, A Merchant
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Children's Choir of the Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Stefano Ranzani, Musical Director
Christine Mielitz, Production based on
Peter Heilein, Stage & Costumes
Friedewalt Degen, Lighting
Jonathan Becker, Chorus
André Kellinghaus, Chorus
Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch, Children's Chorus
Mathias Rank, Dramaturgy
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
Nikola Hillebrand, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Marin Alsop, conductor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Nikola Hillebrand, soprano
Alexander Fleischer, piano
‘Friendly Vision’
Songs by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Franz Liszt & Richard Strauss
Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano
Patricia Nolz, Mezzosoprano
Bayerische Kammerphilharmmonie
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
Overture of »Cosi fan tutte« KV 588
Arias and Duets from »Le Nozze di Figaro«, Cosi fan tutte«, »Don Giovanni«, »Mitridate« und »Entführung aus dem Serail«
Sinfonie Nr. 38 D-Dur KV 504 »Prager«
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Cori amatoriali della Svizzera italiana
Markus Poschner, Conductor
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
