SOPRANO
Sabine Devieilhe
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GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
Sabine Devieilhe – “one of the noblest voices of our time” – possesses a uniquely ethereal yet richly coloured coloratura soprano, bringing even the most complex stage characters vividly to life. Today, she is a familiar presence on the world’s leading opera and concert stages.
Born in Normandy, Sabine Devieilhe initially studied cello and musicology before dedicating herself entirely to vocal studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. Shortly after graduating, she received invitations to appear at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as Serpetta in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, in Montpellier in the title role of Delibes’ Lakmé, and in Lyon for her debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In 2026, she was named Artiste Lyrique de l’Année at the Victoires de la Musique for the third time.
Since then, she has appeared at many of Europe’s and North America’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra Comique, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opernhaus Zürich, the Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Glyndebourne Festival and the Salzburg Festival. Her repertoire encompasses major roles by Mozart and Handel, leading heroines of the French operatic repertoire, and selected Strauss roles, all distinguished by her exceptional stylistic refinement.
Among the highlights of recent seasons have been Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Mélisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at both the Bavarian State Opera and the Opéra National de Paris, and Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier at Teatro alla Scala. During the 2025/26 season she appeared as Dalinda in Handel’s Ariodante and Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro at the Opéra National de Paris. At the Opéra Comique, she made her acclaimed role debut as Lucie in Donizetti’s Lucie de Lammermoor, thereby adding another cornerstone of the French bel canto repertoire to her artistic profile. Together with Jakub Józef Orliński and Ensemble Pomo d’Oro, she also embarked on a European tour of Handel’s Giulio Cesare. In summer 2026, she returned to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence to reprise the Queen of the Night, a role with which she also returns to the Vienna State Opera during the 2026/27 season.
Additional operatic highlights of the 2026/27 season include Zaide at the Opéra Comique, Zerbinetta in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Bavarian State Opera, La Contessa di Folleville in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin under Sir Simon Rattle.
Equally in demand on the concert platform, Sabine Devieilhe has collaborated with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Bavarian State Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris, as well as ensembles including Pygmalion, Correspondances and Le Concert d’Astrée. She has worked with conductors including Emmanuelle Haïm, Vladimir Jurowski, Klaus Mäkelä, Antonello Manacorda, Raphaël Pichon, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst.
Highlights of the 2026/27 concert season include Mozart’s Mass in C minor with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried, Handel’s Messiah with the Berlin Philharmonic under Emmanuelle Haïm at the Salzburg Easter Festival, and Fauré’s Requiem together with excerpts from Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet with Raphaël Pichon at Oper Zürich.
Sabine Devieilhe is equally at home in the recital repertoire. Her 2024 album of songs by Mozart and Strauss was presented in numerous European music centres together with pianist Mathieu Pordoy. During the 2026/27 season, she gives recitals at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Brucknerhaus Linz, Cologne Philharmonie, and in Barcelona, Bordeaux and Prague. She also tours her staged recital project SMILE!, directed by Laurent Pelly and created with cellist Pauline Buet and pianist David Violi, to Geneva, Brussels, Caen, Toulon and Paris.
An exclusive Erato / Warner Classics artist since 2012, Sabine Devieilhe has built an award-winning discography including Mozart & The Weber Sisters with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, Mirages with Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth, Chanson d’amour featuring songs by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc, an album of Handel and Bach arias, and a solo recording of songs by Mozart and Strauss with pianist Mathieu Pordoy.
2026 | 2027
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DISCOGRAPHY
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Sabine Devieilhe, Stéphane Degout, Pygmalion
Conductor: Raphaël Pichon
Label: Harmonia Mundi | 2025
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Idomeneo
Sabine Devieilhe, Andrew Staples, Magdalena Kožená, Elsa Dreißig
Bavarian Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: BR Klassik | August 2025
Igor Stravinsky: Le Rossignol
Sabine Devieilhe, Cyrille Dubois, Chantal Santon Jeffery, Jean-Sebastien Bou, Laurent Naouri, Victor Sicard, Lucile Richardot
Les Siècles
Conductor: Francois-Xavier Roth
Label: Erato | Feburary 2025
Songs by Mozart & Strauss
Works by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and Richard Strauss
Sabine Devieilhe (Soprano), Mathieu Pordoy (Piano)
Label: Erato | 2024
VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Franz Schubert: Canon ‘Lacrimosa son io’ for three voices, D 131b
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater, D 175
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Christian Immler, bass
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Christus factus est” for a cappella choir in D minor, WAB 11
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Kyrie in D minor, MWV a3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Hora est”, MWV 18 (orchestrated by R. Percival)
Franz Schubert: “Lacrimoso son io”, D. 131
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Ave Maria” for a cappella choir in F major, WAB 6
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Grant us peace” (Verleih uns Frieden), “Da nobis pacem” in E-flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Michael Haydn: “Ave Regina” in C major, MH 140
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Daniel Ochoa, baritone
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Christus factus est” for a cappella choir in D minor, WAB 11
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Kyrie in D minor, MWV a3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Hora est”, MWV 18 (orchestrated by R. Percival)
Franz Schubert: “Lacrimoso son io”, D. 131
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Ave Maria” for a cappella choir in F major, WAB 6
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Grant us peace” (Verleih uns Frieden), “Da nobis pacem” in E-flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Michael Haydn: “Ave Regina” in C major, MH 140
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrell, tenor
Daniel Ochoa, baritone
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Anton Bruckner: Motette „Christus factus est“ für Chor a cappella d-Moll WAB 11
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Kyrie in d-Moll, MWV a3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Hora est, MWV 18 (orch. R. Percival)
Franz Schubert: Lacrimoso son io, D. 131
Anton Bruckner: Motette „Ave Maria“ für Chor a cappella F-Dur WAB 6
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Verleih uns Frieden, Da nobis pacem in Es-Dur
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Große Messe in c-Moll, KV 427
Michael Haydn: Ave Regina in C-Dur, MH 140
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Daniel Ochoa, baritone
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Christus factus est” for a cappella choir in D minor, WAB 11
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Kyrie in D minor, MWV a3
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Hora est”, MWV 18 (orchestrated by R. Percival)
Franz Schubert: “Lacrimoso son io”, D. 131
Anton Bruckner: Motet “Ave Maria” for a cappella choir in F major, WAB 6
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “Grant us peace” (Verleih uns Frieden), “Da nobis pacem” in E-flat major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Michael Haydn: “Ave Regina” in C major, MH 140
Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Daniel Ochoa, baritone
Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
- und Press enquiries & artist material | Saul Rigg
- +43 (0)5 06 80-010
- rigg@machreich-artists.com
