26 Artist

Biography

A native of Normandy, Sabine Devieilhe studied cello and then voice at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Her repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary works. Shortly after graduating, she was invited to the Aix-en-Provence Festival to sing Serpetta (La finta giardiniera) and to Lyon for her debut as Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute). Since then, she has appeared on the world's major opera stages, including the Opéra National de Paris, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Vienna State Opera, the Zurich Opera, La Scala in Milan, London's Royal Opera House, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and at festivals such as Glyndebourne and Salzburg.

She has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, Les Siècles and the Ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Daniel Harding, Pablo Heras-Casado, Vladimir Jurowski, Klaus Mäkelä, Raphaël Pichon, Sir Simon Rattle, Francois-Xavier Roth and Esa-Pekka Salonen. In recital, Sabine Devieilhe performs regularly with the pianist Mathieu Pordoy.

An exclusive artist for Erato/Warner Classics since 2012, her discography includes Mozart & the Weber Sisters with Ensemble Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon, Mirages with Les Siècles, Chanson d'amour with Alexandre Tharaud, and Mozart - Strauss with Mathieu Pordoy (2024). In the 2024-2025 season, her roles include Sophie (Le Chevalier à la rose) in Milan and Vienna, and Zdenka (Arabella) in Vienna.

At the Opéra national de Paris: The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night), 2014, 2017, 2021; Béatrice et Bénédict (Hero), 2017; Les Indes galantes (Hébé, Phani, Zima), 2019; Alcina (Morgana), 2021.