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BIOGRAPHY

Soprano Hila Baggio is acclaimed for her exceptional versatility across a wide repertoire, remarkable musical intelligence, and her ability to inhabit each role with emotional truth and elegance. 

A frequent guest at leading opera houses and concert halls, Baggio has appeared with the Semperoper Dresden, Vienna Volksoper, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Israeli Opera, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Wexford Festival, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Bergen National Opera, Opera National de Lorraine, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Angers-Nantes Opéra & Opéra de Rennes as well as with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, Munich Philharmonic, Valencia Orchestra in Palau de les Arts, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. 

Her performances have graced venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wiener Konzerthaus, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Dresden Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Wigmore Hall.

Her wide-ranging operatic repertoire include Violetta (La Traviata), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Gilda (Rigoletto), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Musetta (La Bohème), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Norina (Don Pasquale), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Ilia (Idomeneo), Despina (Così fan tutte), Miranda (La Tempesta), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Marie (La Fille du Régiment), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Micaëla and Frasquita (Carmen), The Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Lisette (La Rondine), The Child (The Child Dreams), Gepopo/Venus (Le Grand Macabre).
 

Renowned for her affinity with 20th- and 21st-century music, Baggio has given acclaimed performances as Das Ungeborene in Alma at the Volksoper Vienna, Gepopo/Venus in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre at Semperoper Dresden, and in Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in Berlin with Daniel Barenboim. She has also appeared in Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre, Olivero’s Many Waters, and Ayal Adler’s Alone, I Return from the Night, confirming her as one of the leading interpreters of modern and Israeli repertoire. She joined the Jerusalem Quartet on a CD tour of 'The Yiddish Cabaret' which was released by Harmonia Mundi.

In concert, she has performed Mahler’s Symphonies No. 2, 4, and 8, Brahms’ Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in C minor, Beethoven Symphony 9, Bernstein’s Kaddish, Haydn’s Creation, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and sang under the batons of Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Oren, Omer Meir Wellber, Lahav Shani, Dan Ettinger, Daniele Callegari, Speranza Scappucci, Pascal Rophé, Frédéric Chaslin, Rani Calderon, Asher Fisch, Alexander Joel, Corrina Niemeyer.

 

An artist deeply devoted to sharing her knowledge, Hila Baggio gives Master Classes, teaches private and at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, nurturing the next generation of singers with the same artistry and passion that define her stage presence.

Her artistry has been honored with numerous prizes, among them awards from the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition, the Israeli Minister of Culture, and the Rosenblum Prize for the Performing Arts.

Among her engagements for 2025-2026: Ligeti's Mysteries of the Macabre in New Years Concert with Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg at Elbphilharmonie, Yiddish Cabaret and Songs by Schonberg, Weill and Korngold with the Jerusalem Quartet at the Essen Philharmonie, Concert in Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival in Basel, Pergolesi's Orfeo Cantata and Ayal Adler's Alone I return from the night  with Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble, Concert with Ensemble del Arte in Neuburg.  

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October, 2025​

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