Hila Baggio

The Israeli-born soprano Hila Baggio has been performing in many Israeli Opera productions since 2002, when she was still a member of the Meitar Opera Studio, where she sang the roles of Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Gilda (Rigoletto), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Musetta (La Bohéme), Tytania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Micaëla (Carmen), Norina (Don Pasquale), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Marie (La Fille du Régiment), Pamina (Die Zauber-flöte), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), The Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), Lisette (La Rondine), The Child (The Child Dreams), Despina (Cosi fan Tutte), Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Frasquita (Carmen), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Lucinde (Armide), First Nymph (Rusalka) and Parteonis (La Belle Hélène).

Upcoming engagements for 2022-23 include Miranda (La Tempesta) in Wexford Festival, Violetta (La Traviata) in Volksoper Vienna and Staatstheater Darmstadt, Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre and Schönberg’s “Brettl-Lieder” with Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, Britten’s “Les Illumination” with Ingolstadt Orchestra, Betty Olivero's “Many Waters” with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Oded Zehavi's “Evening Passion” with Israel Chamber Orchestra, Concerts with Jerusalem Quartet in Leer Festival and Wigmore Hall in London.

Highlights of the past seasons were her role debut of Gepopo/Venus in György Ligeti’s Opera “Le Grand Macabre” at Semperoper Dresden in a new production conducted by Omer Meir Wellber and directed by Calixto Bieito and the role of Ilia (Idomeneo) conducted by Michele Gamba at the Israeli Opera. She sang with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Ayal Adler’s “Alone, I return from the night”, Alban Berg’s “Sieben Frühe Lieder” with The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and joined the Jerusalem Quartet in a CD tour of “The Yiddish Cabaret” which was released by the label Harmonia Mundi. Among the performed venues: Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Dresden Philharmonie.

Among her Concert performances: Schönberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” in Berlin with Daniel Barenboim as well as with The Israeli Chamber project in a tour in Israel and the US, Ayal Adler’s “Alone, I return from the night” with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra with Omer Meir Wellber, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 at Dresdner Musikfestspiele and Bernstein’s “Kaddish” with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire and Pascal Rophé and Rishon LeZion Orchestra with Dan Ettinger, Brahms’ Requiem with the Valencia Orchestra in Palau de les Arts and Omer Meir Wellber, Gala Concert with The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, Mozart’s Mass in C minor with Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung”, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

Her extensive career has gained her many prizes including 2nd prize in the operetta category at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna, Israeli Minister of Culture Award, Rosenblum Prize for the performing arts, Silverman Prize, Grabov Award, Basser Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Israel Vocal Arts Institute Foundation.

As of May 2023