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, 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 will perform 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: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492
Andrè Schuen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elbenita Kajtazi, La Contessa di Almaviva
Andrew Moore, Figaro
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Kady Evanyshyn, Cherubino
Irène Friedli, Marcellina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Bartolo
Christopher Willoughby, Basilio
Martin Zysset, Don Curzio
Marie Lombard, Barbarina
Ruben Drole, Antonio
Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, stage director
Ben Baur, set design
Karin Jud, costumes
Martin Gebhardt, light
Tieni Burkhalter, video design
Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy
Philharmonia Zürich
Choir of the Opera Zürich
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492
Andrè Schuen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elbenita Kajtazi, La Contessa di Almaviva
Andrew Moore, Figaro
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Kady Evanyshyn, Cherubino
Irène Friedli, Marcellina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Bartolo
Christopher Willoughby, Basilio
Martin Zysset, Don Curzio
Marie Lombard, Barbarina
Ruben Drole, Antonio
Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, stage director
Ben Baur, set design
Karin Jud, costumes
Martin Gebhardt, light
Tieni Burkhalter, video design
Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy
Philharmonia Zürich
Choir of the Opera Zürich
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492
Andrè Schuen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elbenita Kajtazi, La Contessa di Almaviva
Andrew Moore, Figaro
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Kady Evanyshyn, Cherubino
Irène Friedli, Marcellina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Bartolo
Christopher Willoughby, Basilio
Martin Zysset, Don Curzio
Marie Lombard, Barbarina
Ruben Drole, Antonio
Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, stage director
Ben Baur, set design
Karin Jud, costumes
Martin Gebhardt, light
Tieni Burkhalter, video design
Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy
Philharmonia Zürich
Choir of the Opera Zürich
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492
Andrè Schuen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elbenita Kajtazi, La Contessa di Almaviva
Andrew Moore, Figaro
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Kady Evanyshyn, Cherubino
Irène Friedli, Marcellina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Bartolo
Christopher Willoughby, Basilio
Martin Zysset, Don Curzio
Marie Lombard, Barbarina
Ruben Drole, Antonio
Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, stage director
Ben Baur, set design
Karin Jud, costumes
Martin Gebhardt, light
Tieni Burkhalter, video design
Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy
Philharmonia Zürich
Choir of the Opera Zürich
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
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
