Nikola Hillebrand © Katharina Gebauer
Nikola Hillebrand © Katharina Gebauer
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Nikola Hillebrand

Representation: World

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

Album Cover

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

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VIDEOS

CALENDAR

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children

Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children

Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children

Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children

Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children

Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy

FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS
 

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