Upcoming Performances
Festival d'Aix : Don Giovanni
Golda resumes her role as Donna Anna in the timeless masterpiece, Don Giovanni, at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in July 2025. Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, this eighth production of the Festival’s most emblematic work is an opportunity for him to return to Mozart at the head of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, with a sumptuous cast led by Andrè Schuen.
Schloss Neuschwanstein : Fairytale Castle Concerts 2025
Schloss Neuschwanstein : Fairytale Castle Concerts 2025
Doors open on 05.08.2025 19:30 to 20:15
Schloss Neuschwanstein, Neuschwansteinstraße 20, 87645 Hohenschwangau
The world-renowned artists Rolando Villazón, Golda Schultz, and Ludovic Tézier will crown the castle concerts on the final evening at Neuschwanstein Castle. At the grand finale in the castle courtyard, the soloists' names are as eminent as those of the composers: Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Mascagni, Lehar. Just as at the beginning, the conclusion of the Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025 will once again be a passionate journey through the world of opera. This is made possible by the renowned Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the high musical caliber of the orchestra. The orchestra's highly acclaimed precision and energetic, attention to detail are rooted in the soloistic virtuosity and chamber music expertise of each individual member.
Schlosskonzerte Neuschwanstein, Schwangau
Performer: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Baritone: Ludovic Tézier
Tenor: Rolando Villazón
Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber
Chamber Orchestra of Europe: Concert Tour
Chamber Orchestra of Europe: Concert Tour
European Tour
August 28th-September 6th
Robin Ticciati, conductor
Golda Schultz, soprano
Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie
George Gershwin: By Strauss
Kurt Weill: Youkali
George Gershwin: Summertime
Kurt Weill: Lost in the Stars
Igor Stravinsky: No Word from Tom (Anne Truelove), from The Rake’s Progress
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Marietta’s Lied, from Die tote Stadt
Leonard Bernstein: Somewhere, from West Side Story
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
Thu 28.8.2025 19:00
Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall, Töölönlahdenkatu, 00100 Helsinki
Sat 30.08.2025
Theater Bonn Opera House, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 53111 Bonn, Germany
Sun 31.08.2025 7:30 p.m.
Die Glocke, Bremen (Great Hall), Domsheide 6-8, 28195 Bremen
Tue 02.09.25 20:00
St. Francis Square, 6200 LOCARNO
Sat 06.09.25 7:30pm
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Boston Symphony : Season Opening Gala
Boston Symphony: Season Opening Gala
Symphony Hall Sep. 19th, 2025
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Golda Schultz, soprano
James Carter, saxophone
J. William Hudgins, vibraphone
Caleb Quillen, double bass
John ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for soprano and orchestra
arr. Jessie MONTGOMERY I Want to Go Home, for soprano and orchestra
John WILLIAMS "Escapades" from Catch Me If You Can, for saxophone, vibraphone, and bass
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
The BSO opens its season with a tribute to some of the great American composers, past and present. The pulse-pounding energy of John Adams takes us for a Short Ride in a Fast Machine. Jessie Montgomery’s arrangement of I Want to Go Home and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 both reflect on memory, history, and longing. John Williams’ "Escapades" from the Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can evokes an air of cool mischievousness with its dynamic interplay of saxophone, vibraphone, and bass. The jazzy swagger of Gershwin’s famous An American in Paris finishes the evening.
Cape Town Opera: Duet Gala
Cape Town Opera: Duet Gala
Sat 4 Oct 2025 Cape Town Opera
Baritone: Jacques Imbrailo
Conductor: Gaetano Lo Coco
Cape Town Opera and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra proudly present the Duet Endowment Trust’s Gala Concert at the Artscape Opera House. This dazzling evening will showcase South Africa’s finest talent, headlined by internationally acclaimed soprano Golda Schultz and baritone Jacques Imbrailo, alongside Cape Town Opera’s House Soloists, Young Artists, Chorus and Children’s Chorus. The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra will be led by British-Italian maestro Gaetano Lo Coco.
Founded by Mrs. Wendy Ackerman, the Duet Endowment Trust was established to preserve the legacy of Cape Town Opera and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. Don’t miss this extraordinary celebration of music and artistry!
Opernhaus Zurich: Die Fledermaus
Opernhaus Zurich: Die Fledermaus
JOHANN STRAUSS JR
Role: Rosalinde
Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti
Director: André Heller-Lopes
Performances:
Sun 7 Dec 2025, 10 Dec 2025, 12 Dec 2025, 14 Dec 2025, 18 Dec 2025, 26 Dec 2025, 28 Dec 2025, 31 Dec 2025, 2 Jan 2026, 4 Jan 2026, 6 Jan 2026, 10 Jan 2026
Chamber concerts form an important pillar of the program. In various formations and ensembles, the musicians of the Zurich Opera Orchestra devote themselves to the broad repertoire. The audience experiences the intensity of music-making up close in intimate spaces. Each of the nine chamber concert programs in the Hall of Mirrors has a unique focus: classics of the genre meet rarely heard works, early music meets crossover. Concerts "For the Premiere" feature programs specially tailored to the respective opera premiere. The chamber concerts usually take place both as Sunday matinees and on Monday evenings. In addition, three special concerts on the studio stage will highlight influential composers of the first and second half of the 20th century and the present day. On the occasion of the premiere of Paul Hindemith's opera "Cardillac," works by the composer, who temporarily lived in Zurich, will be performed alongside Leoš Janáček's wind sextet "Mládi." To mark the 100th birthday of the American avant-garde composer Morton Feldman (1926–1987), the Opera Nova ensemble will perform his legendary, over four-hour trio "For Philip Guston" in a special concert setting with comfortable reclining seating. One week before the Swiss premiere of Olga Neuwirth's new musical theater piece "Monster's Paradise," Opera Nova will present chamber music works by the Austrian composer in a portrait concert.
San Francisco Symphony: Bicket Conducts All-Mozart
San Francisco Symphony: Bicket Conducts All-Mozart
Davies Symphony Hall February 05, 06 & 07, 2026
Harry Bicket, Conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Conductor Harry Bicket returns with an all-Mozart program ranging from world-renowned warhorses to lesser-known—but no less deserving—selections. Symphony No. 34 boasts a snazzy opening fanfare that Mozart liked enough to recycle in two later opera overtures, while the bewitching Symphony No. 38 is nicknamed “Prague” in honor of the city where its premiere took place to rave reviews. Mozart collaborated on three operas—The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Così fan tutte—with the Venetian poet and adventurer Lorenzo da Ponte. Soprano Golda Schultz sings selections from all three.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 6 in D major, K.239, Serenata notturna
“Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar,” from The Marriage of Figaro
“Temerari…Come scoglio,” from Così fan tutte
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K.338
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K.504, Prague
“Don Ottavio, son morta!…Or sai chi l’onore,” from Don Giovanni
First SF Symphony Performances
Concertgebouw: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Concertgebouw: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Small Hall March 3rd, 2026
Jonathan Ware, piano
crumb: Apparition, Elegiac Songs and Vocalises
C. Schumann: There is a journey in the Frühlingsnacht
C. Schumann: Sie liebten sichboth (from Sechs Lieder, op. 13)
C. Schumann: Your Image
A journey through nocturnal thoughts: in the program Dark Matters by soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware, works by Clara Schumann and Florence Price come to life, but also the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and Crumb's cycle Apparition . Golda Schultz is a master storyteller, perhaps the night is not as dark as she is talking.
'A master storyteller', is what Gramophone calls South African soprano Golda Schultz. The magazine also praises her as an enterprising programmer and a brilliant Strauss soprano. Schultz can mainly be found on the opera stage, which makes her debut in the Kleine Zaal all the more special. On her first solo album, Jonathan Ware accompanied her, a golden combination. Now they are both part of the party, in a program about the deepest nocturnal thoughts.
There are thoughts we only have in the dark of night, under the blanket of darkness. We think about the end of our relationships or the end of our lives. How will we face these experiences? Will we be angry, or will we accept everything and step into the unknown? With songs by Florence Price and Clara Schumann, the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and Crumb’s cycle Apparition plus accompanying texts by Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, the journey may not be so dark...
PCMS: Dark Matter(s) Recital
PCMS: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Perelman Theater March 17th, 2026
Jonathan Ware, piano
Dark Matter(s)
Crumb: Apparition
C. Schumann: Selection of 3 songs
Price: Selection of 3 songs
Brahms: Ophelia-Lieder, Op. 22
Strohl: Dix Poésies mises en musique (Sel.)
Strauss: Four Last Songs
South African soprano Golda Schultz is blessed with “one of the most golden rich-toned voices of her generation” (Opera). Her thrilling PCMS debut recital with pianist Jonathan Ware in 2022 revealed a rare combination of musical wit and curatorial thought. “Schultz and Ware made each song a deeply involving short story. She gives listeners the feeling that each piece of music is being newly discovered as she delivers it, a sense of wonder being transmitted from artist to audience” (Star Tribune).
Shriver Hall Concert Series: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Shriver Hall Concert Series: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Shriver Hall March 22nd, 2025
PRE-CONCERT TALK
Please join us for a Pre-Concert Talk at 4:30pm in Shriver Hall.
PERFORMANCE LENGTH
This concert will be approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes in duration, including an intermission.
An enticing selection of art songs spans familiar and overlooked repertoire from myriad styles, all rooted in great literature with settings of Walt Whitman, Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, and Strauss’s opulent Four Last Songs with texts by Hermann Hesse. South African soprano Golda Schultz, who has starred at the Opéra National de Paris, Metropolitan Opera, and BBC Proms, brings this program to life with her “remarkable depth and dimension” and “distinctively thrilling radiance” (Financial Times).
"Serene and confident, her voice [is] silky and immaculate." —The New York Times
Osterfestspiele Salzburg: Mahler Symphony No. 8
Osterfestspiele Salzburg: Mahler Symphony No. 8
Great Festival Hall March 31st & April 3rd, 2026
Conductor KIRILL PETRENKO
Soprano I / Magna Peccatrix JACQUELYN WAGNER
Soprano II / Una poenitentium GOLDA SCHULTZ
Soprano / Mater gloriosa LIV REDPATH
Alto I / Mulier Samaritana BETH TAYLOR
Alto II / Maria Aegyptiaca FLEUR BARRON
Tenor / Doctor Marianus BENJAMIN BRUNS
Baritone / Pater ecstaticus GIHOON KIM
Bass / Pater profundus LE BU
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Bachchor Salzburg
Salzburg Festival and Theater Children's Choir
PROGRAM
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major
for soloists, boys' choir, two mixed choirs and orchestra
New York Philharmonic: Knoxville Summer of 1915
New York Philharmonic: Knoxville Summer of 1915
David Geffen Hall April 8th & 10th, 2026
Golda Schultz sings Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 — a haunting evocation of childhood memories — plus arias by Stravinsky and Carlisle Floyd. Alongside these, Kwamé Ryan conducts music by two quintessential American iconoclasts: Charles Ives’s The Unanswered Question and a new concerto by George Lewis, featuring the piano-and-percussion quartet Yarn/Wire.
Program
Ives
The Unanswered Question
George Lewis
New work for two pianos and percussion (World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)
Floyd
The Trees on the Mountain, from Susannah
Stravinsky
No Word from Tom, from The Rake’s Progress
Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Barber
Second Essay for Orchestra
Artists
Kwamé Ryan Conductor
Golda Schultz Soprano
Yarn/WireEnsemble
Teatro Real: Roméo et Juliette
Teatro Real: Roméo et Juliette
Main Auditorium
28, 31 May; 3, 6, 9, 12 June, 2026
Role: Juliette
Another of the season's Shakespeare-related titles, which is, together with Faust, Gounod’s most popular opera, comes to the Real in a production by Thomas Jolly. A stellar cast, including Nadine Sierra, Javier Camarena, Ismael Jordi, and Laurent Naouri, will bring the characters of this timeless story to life.
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Director: Thomas Jolly
Music: Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893)
Libretto: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, after William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Munich Opera Festival: Turandot
Munich Opera Festival: Turandot
National Theatre
June 30th, 2026-July 6th, 2026
Role: Liu
Composer Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni after Carlo Gozzi.
Lyrical drama in three acts (five scenes) - 1926
In Italian · With subtitles in German and English.
Duration approx. 2 hours 55 minutes
The people are in a frenzy: The public beheading of another of the ruler's suitors is imminent. Princess Turandot will never belong to a man. Therefore, anyone who wishes to marry her must solve three riddles. Those who fail to do so pay with their lives. An unknown prince, repelled by Turandot's cruelty but attracted by her beauty, takes this life-threatening risk again – and solves the riddles. But has he thereby awakened the cold, man-murdering ruler to love and put an end to the cruelties?
Turandot is Giacomo Puccini's last opera. He died at a time when he had been stalled with the composition due to a hitherto unresolved dramaturgical problem: The princess was meant to be a counter-proposal to the anti-feminism of the fin de siècle. But how was he supposed to realize the transformation of the man-murderer into a lover? Puccini left the final love scene between Turandot and Calaf unfinished.
Bavarian State Orchestra
Bavarian State Opera Choir, Extra Choir and Children's Choir of the Bavarian State Opera
Munich Opera Festival: Der Freischütz
Munich Opera Festival: Der Freischütz
National Theatre
July 26th and 29th, 2026
Composer Carl Maria von Weber. Text by Friedrich Kind.
Romantic opera in three acts (1821) recommended for ages 14 and up
In German. With German and English subtitles. New production.
Duration approx. 2 hours 15 minutes
Ottokar: Vitor Bispo
Kuno: Balint Szabó
Agatha: Golda Schultz
Ännchen: Mirjam Mesak
Kaspar/Samiel: Kyle Ketelsen
Max: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
A hermit: Tareq Nazmi
Kilian: Thomas Lehman
Four bridesmaids: Lucy Altus, Nontobeko Bhengu, Iana Aivazian, Meg Brilleslyper
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Mahler Symphony No. 8
Klaus Mäkelä unites the Concertgebouworkest, eight vocal soloists (including Golda Schultz) and four choirs in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.
Grand Opera: Der Freischütz
See Golda Schultz perform the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz, a romantic opera in three acts. This opera will be performed at various locations as a tour with Kammerkademie Potsdam.
Die Zauberflöte
See Golda Schultz perform the role of Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, a story that is told in song-play format. This opera will be performed at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, from Mar 23 to Apr 26 2025.
Der Freischütz
See Golda Schultz perform the role of Agathe in Der Freischütz, a romantic opera in three acts. This opera will be performed at the Semperoper Dresden in February 2025.
Le nozze di Figaro
Golda will be performing as Contessa Almaviva in “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Bayerische Staatsoper in January 2025. Performance dates include: 14, 16 & 19 January.
The Theater of Life
As part of the Gstaad New Year Music Festival, Golda will be performing in The Theatre of Life, accompanied by Jonathan Ware (piano). Bring your family and friends and and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of live music.
The Rake's Progress
One of the 20th century’s most celebrated musical achievements, The Rake’s Progress draws inspiration from a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth. Stravinsky created the opera during the neoclassical phase of his career, building the score around stylistic references to the work of earlier composers while also maintaining a sense of the uncanny, even macabre, that is distinctly modern.
Fundació Victoria de los Angeles: Recital
See Golda Schultz (soprana) & Gary Matthewman (piano) perform a recital at Victoria de los Ángeles Lied Festival (LIFE Victoria) in Barcelona in October 2024.
Orchestre de Paris: Shéhérazade
Dominated by Tchaikovsky's dramatic Symphony No.5, marked by a constant and foreboding sense of fatality, this Symphonic Concert lifts the veil on two fairytale princesses: that of the young Tcherepnin, and that of Ravel with his most “Russian” work.
Vier Letzte Lieder & Chamber Concert
Focus artist for 2024, Golda Schultz is making her debut at the Tonhalle Zurich. You can see her in concert on 25, 26, 27 and 29 September 2024.
Prom 59: A French Fantasy – Boulanger, Fauré and Ravel
Stéphane Denève leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an evening of French music. See Golda Schultz in this all-French programme on 4 September 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall during BBC Proms.
Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware
Join Golda Schultz (soprano) and Jonathan Ware (piano) at Schubertiade in August 2024.
Così fan tutte
A test of fidelity leads to deception, seduction and surprises in Mozart’s third and final collaboration with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The score is one of the composer’s most varied, with iconic ensemble numbers contrasting with heartfelt arias such as ‘Un aura amorosa’ and ‘Per pietà’.
Les Noces de Figaro
Gábor Takács-Nagy conducts the VFCO and Academy members in Mozart’s greatest opera, with a cast headed by Peter Mattei, Golda Schultz, Tommaso Barea and Anna El-Khashem.
A Masterclass with Golda Schultz
The world's most promising young artists are chosen to come to Verbier each summer to work alongside classical music's greatest mentors at Verbier Festival Academy masterclasses.
Festival Song Recital, Munich Opera Festival
The 2024 Munich Opera Festival will showcase the new productions of the season, based on the central theme of “A Fountain That Looks to Heaven”. Golda Schultz will perform a Festival Song Recital on July 13, 2024 at the Prince Regent Theatre.
Golda Schultz & Gary Matthewman
Internationally renowned South African soprano Golda Schultz is as at home on the opera stage as she is as a soloist with the world’s foremost orchestras, and in song recital. In July, she joins the Buxton International Festival, with pianist, Gary Matthewman.
Così fan tutte
Since Mozart's comedy first scandalised audiences in 1790, Così fan tutte has lost none of its sting. ‘All women do it,’ alleges the master manipulator Don Alfonso. Make up your own mind and revel in the wit and glamour of Jan Philipp Gloger's production, which returns to the Royal Opera House, conducted by Alexander Soddy and featuring a stellar cast. Performance dates: 26 & 29 June 2024; 2, 4, 7 & 9 July 2024.
Charity Concert
Join conductor Riccardo Minasi, soprano Golda Schultz and Gürzenich-Orchester Köln on 19 May 2024 for a Charity Concert at Cologne Philharmonie.
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Andris Nelsons conducts this performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in D minor op. 125 as a celebration of its 200th anniversary. Dates include: May 7 & 8, 2024.
Recital: This Be Her Verse / International Artist Series
Songs written by women, about women, highlighting the female experience. See Golda Schultz in “This Be Her Verse” as part of the Schubert Club’s International Artist Series.
Recital: This Be Her Verse
Songs written by women, about women, highlighting the female experience. See Golda Schultz in “This Be Her Verse” on 8 April at Princeton University.
Brahms Requiem
Fabio Luisi leads all musical forces - Golda Schultz (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) and the Dallas Symphony Chorus - in Brahms’s inspiring work. Dates include April 4, 5 & 6, 2024.
Chamber Concert: This Be Her Verse
Songs written by women, about women, highlighting the female experience. See Golda Schultz in the Chamber Concert: This Be Her Verse on 29 March at Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany.
Romeo & Juliet
Fresh off a triumph at the Metropolitan Opera, Golda Schultz delivers her “distinctively thrilling radiance” (The Financial Times) to Dallas in a performance of Romeo and Juliet that is not to be missed. Dates include March 1, 3, 6 & 9, 2024.
Mozart, Mahler, and Golda Schultz
Golda returns to the NY Phil for a Mozart concert aria and the evocation of heaven that concludes Mahler’s Fourth Symphony. Dates include January 31, February 2 & 3, 2023.
Parisian Frivolities
Parisian Frivolities - A dream set with the South African soprano, Golda Schultz and the tenor brothers, Pene Pati and his younger brother Amitai. Monday 8 January 2024.
New Year's Eve Concert
This New Year’s Eve concert will introduce a German Strauss to the Viennese Strausses. Performance dates: 29, 30 & 31 December 2023.
Der Rosenkavalier
Golda will bid farewell to the role of Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, when she makes her Berlin State Opera House debut. This is a role in which she has enjoyed a number of major successes, and the goodbye will be bittersweet. Performance dates: 16, 19, 22 & 27 December 2023, and 2 January 2024.
Le nozze di Figaro
Golda will be performing as Contessa Almaviva in “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Vienna Opera House in November 2023. Performance dates include: 4, 6, 9 & 12 November.