Ève-Maud Hubeaux

The mezzo-soprano Ève-Maud Hubeaux is one of the most sought-after singers in her voice-type. Highlights of her career so far have included Eboli (Don Carlos) at the Vienna State Opera, Gertrude (Hamlet) at the Paris Opéra, Léonor (La Favorite) at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the title role of Carmen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) at La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2019 she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as the La Sphinge in Enescu’s Œdipe, returning in 2022 as Amneris (Aida).

Her engagements in the 2023/24 season have included Eboli at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and at the Hamburg State Opera, Carmen at the Vienna State Opera, Laura (La Gioconda) at the Salzburg Easter Festival and at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Amneris at the Berlin and Bavarian State Operas and the High Priestess in a new production of Spontini’s La Vestale at the Paris Opéra. She also sang Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in Malmö.

Important past engagements have also included Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites) in Vienna, Eboli in Berlin, Amneris at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Carmen at La Monnaie, Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle) and Brangäne at the Opéra National de Lyon, Doña Prouhèze in the world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Le Soulier de satin in Paris, Baba the Turk (The Rake’s Progress) at Theater Basel, Scozzone in a concert performance of Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio in Geneva and the Handel roles of Nerone (Agrippina) and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare), along with the title role of Lully’s Isis and Isolier in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory at the Opéra de Toulon.

On the concert platform, Ève-Maud Hubeaux’s appearances include Bach’s St Matthew Passion under Leo Hussain in Brussels, Rossini’s Messa di Gloria in Paris, Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été under Marko Letonja in Strasbourg, Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder with the Orchestre National d’Île de France, Verdi’s Requiem under Teodor Currentzis in Lucerne and Milan and Mahler’s Second Symphony in Las Palmas. Her discography includes recordings of Isis (Aparte), Das Lied von der Erde (Klarthe), César Franck’s Rédemption (Musique en Wallonie) and Ascanio (B Records).

Ève-Maud Hubeaux was born in Geneva and studied piano and singing at the Lausanne Conservatory, before joining the Opera Studio of the Opéra National du Rhin. She is a prize-winner of numerous competitions including the 2013 Belvedere Competition and the International Voice Competition of the Fondazione Renata Tebaldi. In 2024 she was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Prize.