Lucie Hilscherová is a Czech mezzo-soprano born in 1979 in Hranice na Moravě, who studied solo singing, psychology and music education at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. She is a prize-winner of the Cantilena Competition Bayreuth, the Musica Sacra competition in Rome and the Dvořák International Singing Competition, and has performed at venues ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Elbphilharmonie under conductors including Simon Rattle, Semyon Bychkov and Jiří Bělohlávek. A regular guest at the National Theatre in Prague and the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, she is equally at home on the concert platform, covering a repertoire that spans Baroque oratorio to contemporary works.
In March 2025, she sang the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi's Requiem with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Petr Popelka at the Municipal House in Prague.
In December 2024, she performed with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov at Carnegie Hall in New York, where Janáček's Glagolitic Mass was performed.
In November 2024, she sang the alto solo in Janáček's Glagolitic Mass with the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov in Karlovy Vary.
In March 2024, she participated in the premiere of a new production of Dvořák's Rusalka at the National Theatre in Prague (director SKUTR, conductor Tomáš Netopil) in the role of Ježibaba.
In May 2024, she sang the alto solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov at a gala concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to the EU.
