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 will make her debut as Agathe in a new production of Weber's Der Freischütz at the Bregenz Festival and 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 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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VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Liviu Holender, Ottokar
Franz Hawlata, Kuno
Nikola Hillebrand, Agathe
Katharina Ruckgaber, Ännchen
Christof Fischesser, Kaspar
Mauro Peter, Max
Moritz von Treuenfels, Samiel
Andreas Wolf, Ein Eremit
Maximilian Krummen, Kilian
Theresa Gauß, Sarah Kling, Sarah Schmidbauer, bridesmaids
Enrique Mazzola, Erina Yashima | Musical Direction
Bühne Philipp Stölzl | Stage Direction
Gesine Völlm | Costumes
Philipp Stölzl, Florian Schmitt | Light
Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie | Stunts
Franziska Harm | Stage Assistance
Lukáš Vasilek, Benjamin Lack | Chorusmaster
Alwin Bösch, Clemens Wannemacher | Sound
Jan Petzold | Scound effects
Olaf A. Schmitt | Dramaturgy
Wired Aerial Theatre
Bregenzer Festspielchor | Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Johann Strauß: Die Fledermaus
Georg Nigl, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Martin Winkler, Frank
Andrey Nemzer, Prinz Orlofsky
Sean Panikkar, Alfred
Markus Brück, Dr. Falke
Kevin Conners, Dr. Blind
Nikola Hillebrand, Adele
Miriam Neumaier, Ida
Max Pollak, Frosch I
Franz Josef Strohmeier, Frosch II
Danilo Brunetti, Frosch III
Giovanni Corrado, Frosch IV
Deniz Doru, Frosch V
Jeremy Rucker, Frosch VI
Vladimir Jurowski, musical direction
Barrie Kosky, stage direction
Rebecca Ringst, stage
Klaus Bruns, costumes
Otto Pichler, choreographer
Joachim Klein, light
Katharina Ortmann, dramaturge
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Liviu Holender, Ottokar
Franz Hawlata, Kuno
Nikola Hillebrand, Agathe
Katharina Ruckgaber, Ännchen
Christof Fischesser, Kaspar
Mauro Peter, Max
Moritz von Treuenfels, Samiel
Andreas Wolf, Ein Eremit
Maximilian Krummen, Kilian
Theresa Gauß, Sarah Kling, Sarah Schmidbauer, bridesmaids
Enrique Mazzola, Erina Yashima | Musical Direction
Bühne Philipp Stölzl | Stage Direction
Gesine Völlm | Costumes
Philipp Stölzl, Florian Schmitt | Light
Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie | Stunts
Franziska Harm | Stage Assistance
Lukáš Vasilek, Benjamin Lack | Chorusmaster
Alwin Bösch, Clemens Wannemacher | Sound
Jan Petzold | Scound effects
Olaf A. Schmitt | Dramaturgy
Wired Aerial Theatre
Bregenzer Festspielchor | Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Liviu Holender, Ottokar
Franz Hawlata, Kuno
Nikola Hillebrand, Agathe
Katharina Ruckgaber, Ännchen
Christof Fischesser, Kaspar
Mauro Peter, Max
Moritz von Treuenfels, Samiel
Andreas Wolf, Ein Eremit
Maximilian Krummen, Kilian
Theresa Gauß, Sarah Kling, Sarah Schmidbauer, bridesmaids
Enrique Mazzola, Erina Yashima | Musical Direction
Bühne Philipp Stölzl | Stage Direction
Gesine Völlm | Costumes
Philipp Stölzl, Florian Schmitt | Light
Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie | Stunts
Franziska Harm | Stage Assistance
Lukáš Vasilek, Benjamin Lack | Chorusmaster
Alwin Bösch, Clemens Wannemacher | Sound
Jan Petzold | Scound effects
Olaf A. Schmitt | Dramaturgy
Wired Aerial Theatre
Bregenzer Festspielchor | Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
Liviu Holender, Ottokar
Franz Hawlata, Kuno
Nikola Hillebrand, Agathe
Katharina Ruckgaber, Ännchen
Christof Fischesser, Kaspar
Mauro Peter, Max
Moritz von Treuenfels, Samiel
Andreas Wolf, Ein Eremit
Maximilian Krummen, Kilian
Theresa Gauß, Sarah Kling, Sarah Schmidbauer, bridesmaids
Enrique Mazzola, Erina Yashima | Musical Direction
Bühne Philipp Stölzl | Stage Direction
Gesine Völlm | Costumes
Philipp Stölzl, Florian Schmitt | Light
Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie | Stunts
Franziska Harm | Stage Assistance
Lukáš Vasilek, Benjamin Lack | Chorusmaster
Alwin Bösch, Clemens Wannemacher | Sound
Jan Petzold | Scound effects
Olaf A. Schmitt | Dramaturgy
Wired Aerial Theatre
Bregenzer Festspielchor | Prager Philharmonischer Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
