Esther Hilsberg

Esther Hilsberg studied singing with Hans Sotin at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, graduating with distinction, and took masterclasses with Kurt Moll, Edda Moser, Petra Weber-Schwerack and Gerd Uecker. She won prizes at the international singing competitions of Passau and Freiberg and received the city of Freiberg's arts award, and has concertised regularly at the Berlin Philharmonie. Guest appearances have taken her to the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, the Opera Theatre in Seoul and the Bregenz Festival; her repertoire centres on Violetta, Pamina, Susanna, Eurydice and the Queen of the Night.