Ève-Maud Hubeaux

The mezzo-soprano Ève-Maud Hubeaux has been considered one of the leading performers in her voice type since her appearances as Amneris (Aida) at the 2022 Salzburg Festival. Important earlier milestones in her international career included performances as Eboli (Don Carlos) at the Vienna State Opera, Gertrude (Hamlet) at the Paris Opéra, Léonor (La Favorite) at the Liceu in Barcelona, Carmen at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) at La Monnaie in Brussels.

Following her Salzburg Festival appearances in concert performances of Capriccio and Hamlet she will appear in the 2024/25 season as Eboli in a new production of Don Carlo under Philippe Jordan at the Vienna State Opera, as Carmen in San Francisco and at La Monnaie, as Fricka (Das Rheingold) in a new Ring at the Paris Opéra and as Concepción (L’Heure espagnole) in Valencia.

Her engagements in recent seasons have included Laura (La Gioconda) at the Salzburg Easter Festival under Antonio Pappano, the High Priestess in La Vestale at the Paris Opéra, Mère Marie in a new production of Dialogues der Carmélites at the Vienna State Opera and Eboli at the Berlin State Opera. She has also performed Eboli in the French version of Don Carlos in Vienna, Hamburg and Geneva. She has sung Amneris at the Savonlinna Opera Festival, Carmen at La Monnaie, Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle) and Brangäne at the Opéra de Lyon, Doña Prouhèze in the world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Le Soulier de satin at the Paris Opéra, Baba the Turk in Lydia Steier’s new production of The Rake’s Progress at Theater Basel, Scozzone in a concert performance of Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio in Geneva and Isolier (Le Comte Ory) in Toulon. She has also appeared under Christophe Rousset as Handel’s Nerone (Agrippina) and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) and in the title role of Lully’s Isis.

On the concert platform she has been a soloist in 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, Mahler’s Second Symphony in Las Palmas, and his Das Lied von der Erde.

Her discography features recordings of Isis, Das Lied von der Erde, Franck’s Rédemption and Saint-Saëns’ Ascanio.

Ève-Maud Hubeaux was born in Geneva and studied piano and later singing at the Conservatory in Lausanne. She was a member of the Opera Studio of the Opéra national du Rhin and has won prizes in numerous competitions.