Soprano

Musetta

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Israeli coloratura soprano Hila Fahima began her international career as a member of the ensemble of Deutsche Oper Berlin and subsequently joined the Vienna State Opera, where she performed a wide-ranging repertoire including Gilda, Zerbinetta, Adina, Norina, Queen of the Night, Nannetta, Oscar and Fiakermilli. Since then, she has appeared on major European stages including Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Bregenzer Festspiele, Oper Köln and the Israeli Opera.

Among the roles that have shaped her career are Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto and the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte. She made her Bregenzer Festspiele debut as Gilda and has sung Lucia at Aalto Theater Essen, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg State Opera and the Israeli Opera. More recent highlights include Zerbinetta at the Israeli Opera and Krakow Opera, her role debut as Violetta in La traviata at Oper Burg Gars, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at Oper Köln and the First Wood Sprite in Rusalka at Teatro alla Scala.

On the concert stage, Fahima has appeared with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Radio France, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and Les Arts Florissants, as well as at the BBC Proms and Prague Spring Festival. Her debut solo album for Orfeo, recorded with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, is devoted to arias by Verdi and Donizetti.

In the 2026/27 season, Fahima returns as Zerbinetta to Krakow Opera and as the Queen of the Night to the Israeli Opera and appears in New Year’s concerts with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento. In summer 2027, she returns to Oper Burg Gars for her role debut as Musetta in La bohème.