Nikolaus Hillebrand (born 1948) is a German operatic bass-baritone, who was engaged at the Bavarian State Opera, among others, and appeared at international festivals such as Bayreuth and Taormina.
[3] In 1975 he performed additionally the parts of Fafner in Siegfried, a Knight in Parsifal, and the steersman in Tristan und Isolde.
[2] In concert, he performed for example the bass solo in parts I to III of Bach's Christmas Oratorio at the Bachwoche Ansbach of 1977, with the Regensburger Domspatzen, Heiner Hopfner as the Evangelist, conducted by Hanns-Martin Schneidt.
[5] In 1979 he recorded the vox Christi (voice of Christ) in Bach's St John Passion with them,[6] in an early production in historically informed performance.
[7] He recorded in 2009 the Requiem in C minor by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf with Regensburger Domspatzen, conducted by Georg Ratzinger.