Regula Mühlemann

Full Biography

Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann has established herself as one of her generation’s most important voices. Equally at home on the operatic and concert stages, she is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for her exceptionally beautiful timbre, virtuosity and sensitive performances.

In the 2026/27 season, Mühlemann continues to expand her repertoire with two highly anticipated role debuts. She makes her debut in the title role of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at Theater Basel in a new production by Vincent Huguet. Later in the season, she debuts as Almirena in Handel’s Rinaldo, first at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and subsequently at Opernhaus Zürich, with Philippe Jaroussky conducting and Valentina Carrasco directing. Mühlemann also returns to Zürich as Pamina in Daniele Finzi Pasca’s new production of Die Zauberflöte, and to Basel as Marie in a concert performance of La fille du régiment.

Alongside her operatic engagements, Mühlemann remains in high demand as a concert and recital artist. The 2026/27 season begins with the season-opening gala concert of the Bern Symphony Orchestra, followed by season-opening concert of Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under Michael Sanderling.  She joins the Sächsische Staatskapelle for the traditional ZDF-Advent Concert in Dresden and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kazuki Yamada for Rufus Wainwright’s Dream Requiem. In Baden-Baden she performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in at the Würth Forum, sings Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem in Pisa, and embarks on a Bel Canto Tour with the Kammerorchester Basel, appearing in Linz, Zurich, Bern, Ludwigsburg, and Augsburg. Further highlights include recital appearances in Aarau and Biel.

Among the highlights of her previous seasons were her role and company debut at the Vienna State Opera as Adina (L’elisir d’amore) as well as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Adele (Die Fledermaus) and Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail). In 2026 Mühlemann made her first appearance at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, a role she earlier debuted at the Semperoper Dresden. With Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, she was heard as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) under the baton of Daniel Barenboim, and at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden she performed the role of Ilia (Idomeneo) in concert. Mühlemann starred as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Theater Basel and at Teatro alla Scala, as Adele in Die Fledermaus at Teatro Maggio Musicale in Florence and at Zürich Opera House, as Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) at the Lucerne Theatre, and as Marie in La fille du regiment with Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Mühlemann joined the Salzburg Festival as Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and as Bellezza in Handel’s oratorio Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno alongside Cecilia Bartoli.

Selected concert performances of recent seasons include Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand” at Teatro alla Scala under Riccardo Chailly, at the Royal Albert Hall in London led by Vasily Petrenko, with Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Christian Thielemann, at the Vienna Konzerthaus with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and its former chief conductor Philippe Jordan. She performed Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Thomas Hengelbrock, Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester under the baton of Herbert Blomstedt, Messiah with the Kammerorchester Basel, Mozart’s Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Alessandro De Marchi. Mühlemann was heard in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with Mo. Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas and the Belgian National Orchestra, with the Marseille Philharmonic under the baton of Michele Spotti, as well as on tour with Theodor Currentzis and the Utopia Orchestra and with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden under the baton of Mariss Jansons at Salzburg’s Easter Festival. Additional repertoire includes Mozart’s Great Mass in c-minor and Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Bach’s Passions as well as his Mass in b-minor, Haydn’s The Seasons and The Creation, Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Regula Mühlemann works regularly with renowned conductors and has been a guest of the most prestigious concert halls in Europe such as the Berlin Philharmonie, Casino Bern, Vienna Konzerthaus, New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall among others.

Regula Mühlemann made many best-selling and price winning recordings with Sony Music Classical. Her debut album Mozart Arias (2016) was not only highly acclaimed by critics but also awarded with the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik (Bestenliste). Her second album Cleopatra (2017) was also well received: “how captivatingly beautiful does the voice alloyed with gold and silver [sound]”; “the recital stands out, sweepingly said, due to the musical sequence of pictures as well as the encounter with a vocal and technical giftedness” (Jürgen Kesting/Fono Forum). In 2018, Regula Mühlemann was the winner of the OPUS KLASSIK “Newcomer of the Year” award. In autumn 2019 her third solo album Songs from Home was released, featuring a delightful selection of songs by Franz Schubert and Swiss composers. In 2020, she produced her fourth solo album, Mozart II, in collaboration with the Basel Chamber Orchestra and Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, for which she was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK for Solo Recording Voice (Opera) in 2021. For her fifth album Fairy Tales (2022) she worked out a special concept with a musical selection of “magical” pieces that take the listener into the world of fairies, elves and nymphs and in 2023 she has received OPUS KLASSIK award in the “Vocal Solo” category. In addition to her robust recording career, Mühlemann has also debuted on the silver screen in the feature film “Hunter’s Bride”, based on Weber’s Der Freischütz and in the film adaption of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, as well as in Bernhard Weber’s documentary “The sound of the voice” from 2018.

Regula Mühlemann was born in Lucerne and studied at the Conservatory of Lucerne with Prof. Barbara Locher. Her first experiences on the opera stage took place at the Lucerne Theatre, followed by international debuts with Teatro La Fenice as Despina in Così fan tutte and at the 2012 Salzburg Festival in von Winter’s Das Labyrinth. Regula Mühlemann has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, and notably was a Finalist representing Switzerland at the 2015 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.

© CSAM, August 2026