Sabine Devieilhe Soprano
Season 25/26 Artist

Biography

Originally from Normandy, Sabine Devieilhe first studied the cello before studying voice at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary works. Shortly after graduating, she was invited to perform at the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Serpetta in La finta giardiniera and at the Opéra de Lyon as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute.

Since then, she has performed on major international opera stages, including the Opéra national de Paris, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Vienna State Opera, the Zurich Opera, La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and festivals such as Glyndebourne and Salzburg. She has performed in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, the Orchestre de Paris, Les Siècles, and the Ensemble Pygmalion. Her conductors have included Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Vladimir Jurowski, Klaus Mäkelä, Raphaël Pichon, Sir Simon Rattle, François-Xavier Roth, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Devieilhe regularly performs in recital with pianist Mathieu Pordoy.

An exclusive artist for Erato / Warner Classics since 2012, her discography includes “Mozart & the Weber Sisters” with Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, ‘Mirages’ with Les Siècles, “Chanson d'amour” with Alexandre Tharaud and “Mozart - Strauss” with Mathieu Pordoy (2024). In the 2025-2026 season, her roles include Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) at Opéra national de Paris, Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare) at MusikTheater an der Wien and Teatro Real in Madrid, and the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opéra Comique.

At the Opéra national de Paris: The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night), 2014, 2017, 2021; Béatrice et Bénédict (Hero), 2017; Les Indes galantes (Hébé, Phani, Zima), 2019; Alcina (Morgana), 2021; Pelléas et Mélisande (Mélisande), 2025; Ariodante (Dalinda), 2025

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