Golda Schultz

Golda Schultz is recognized as one of today’s most talented and versatile sopranos, celebrated in equal measure for her vivid and intelligent portrayals of the leading ladies of the operatic canon, as a featured soloist with the world’s foremost orchestras, and as a captivating solo recitalist.

Schultz’s 2026–27 season brings three significant role debuts: the title character in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Wiener Staatsoper, Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and Elettra in Idomeneo at Glyndebourne. On the concert stage is a European tour of Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst, Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and performances of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis in Cleveland, New York, Berlin, and Vienna.

Unanimously praised for her “warmth of tone and sensitivity of phrasing,” South African–born Schultz trained at The Juilliard School and Bayerische Staatsoper’s Opernstudio. She found early success on both sides of the Atlantic through appearances as Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) at the Salzburger Festspiele, Contessa Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) at Glyndebourne, and Pamina (The Magic Flute) at the Metropolitan Opera and Wiener Staatsoper.

A popular guest with the world’s leading orchestras, Schultz’s recent concert highlights include Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Gewandhausorchester, and the Last Night of the Proms with Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Schultz has released two solo albums on the Alpha Classics label: This Be Her Verse, a collection of works by female composers from the Romantic era to the present day, and Mozart, You Drive Me Crazy!, which received the coveted 2025 Opus Klassik Award for Solo Vocal Recording of the Year. Other recordings include Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Gewandhausorchester on Deutsche Grammophon and the Grammy Award–winning Porgy and Bess from the Metropolitan Opera.

In an acclaimed recital partnership, Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware have performed together at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Wigmore Hall, and Concertgebouw, as well as at the Edinburgh, Aix-en-Provence, and Lucerne festivals. In the current season, they appear together at the Musikverein and Beethoven-Haus Bonn.