South African soprano Golda Schultz is hailed as one of the most talented and versatile young artists on the classical music scene today, equally at home in leading operatic roles as she is as featured soloist with the world’s foremost orchestras and conductors, she garners consistent praise for a fresh, radiant stage personality and lustrous tone. The Financial Times wrote, “Golda Schultz sings with strength and assurance, her voice with its own distinctively thrilling radiance; she is a newcomer who simply has everything.”
The 20/21 season for Golda Schultz starts with a bang as featured soloist in the Last Night of the BBC Proms, joining the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska for a specially curated programme, broadcast live on television and radio to a worldwide audience. Elsewhere, she returns to Bayerische Staatsoper to star as Agathe in a new staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov of Der Freischütz under Antonello Manacorda, and debuts at Osterfestspiele Salzburg in Mozart’s Requiem and an operatic gala programme, both under Christian Thielemann. In concert, she joins Alan Gilbert and NDR Elbphilharmonie as Clara (Porgy and Bess), Hannu Lintu and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, headlines Grafenegg’s annual flagship media event the Midsummer Night’s Gala, and debuts with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alongside Riccardo Minasi in an all-Mozart gala streamed live on Idagio. Following acclaimed debuts at London’s Wigmore Hall, Berlin’s Boulez Saal and New York’s Weill Recital Hall, Golda Schultz and collaborative pianist Jonathan Ware join forces again for recitals in both Munich and Bad Kissingen, and she makes a first appearance at the Schubertiade Festival in Hohenems.