Nov. 1: Soprano Golda Schultz Makes Carnegie Hall Recital Debut with Pianist Jonathan Ware

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Soprano Golda Schultz Makes
Carnegie Hall Recital Debut with 
Pianist Jonathan Ware

Featuring Works by Schubert, Strauss,
Ravel, Amy Marcy Beach, and John Carter 

Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall 

“Golda Schultz sings with strength and assurance, her
voice with its own distinctively thrilling radiance; she is
a newcomer who simply has everything.” 
– The Financial Times

www.goldaschultz.com 
 

New York, NY (September 18, 2019) — On Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30pm, Carnegie Hall presents celebrated South African soprano Golda Schultz in her Carnegie Hall recital debut in Weill Recital Hall with frequent collaborator, pianist Jonathan Ware. Part of Carnegie Hall’s series Great Singers III: Evenings of Song, the recital features Schubert’s "Der Morgenkuss,” "Heimliches Lieben," "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n" (Romanze) from Rosamunde, and Suleika I and II; Richard Strauss’ "Morgen," "Heimliche Aufforderung," "Ruhe, meine Seele," and "Cäcilie;” Ravel’s Shéhérazade; Amy Marcy Beach’s Three Browning Songs, Op. 44; and John Carter’s Cantata.

Golda Schultz and Jonathan Ware first met when studying at The Juilliard School and began working together frequently when they were both living in Germany after graduation. Their first public performance was in Switzerland in 2015, and they quickly realized how much they enjoyed rehearsing and spending time together, both onstage and off. Of the concert program, the duo says, “For our program at Carnegie Hall, we wanted to offer a wide variety of styles but also things in which we felt completely at home. We recently did a full recital of Schubert at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin in June, so we decided to include the Schubert group at the beginning, making it more special by only choosing settings of women poets. The following Strauss group was written as a wedding gift for his wife, the soprano Pauline de Ahna. In the second half, we begin with a work inspired by the legendary Shéhérazade, followed by three beautiful songs by the American composer Amy Beach, and we finish 'going to church' with a set of spirituals arranged by John Carter. So without having a thematic recital per se, we touch on the lives of different women throughout and end with something that feels very 'us,' an expression of faith which feels personal to both of us.” Ms. Schultz made her Carnegie Hall debut with The Cleveland Orchestra in Haydn’s The Seasons in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in 2018.

Golda Schultz’s 2019-2020 season also includes returns to the Metropolitan Opera in its highly anticipated season opening production of Porgy and Bess (Clara), in addition to Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie); the Bayerische Staatsoper for Carmen (Micaela); the Wiener Staatsoper for Turandot (Liu); and the Glyndebourne Festival for Dialogues des Carmélites (Madame Lidoine). Ms. Schultz additionally appears this season with the London Symphony Orchestra in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time led by Alan Gilbert; the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Sibelius’ Luonnotar led by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony led by Gustavo Dudamel; the Philharmonia Orchestra in an all-Beethoven program led by Esa-Pekka Salonen; the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in an all-Mozart program led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin; and at the Verbier Festival in Mahler’s Resurrection led by Fabio Luisi.

Program Information
Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall | 154 W 57th St | New York, NY
Tickets: From $38 to $45
Link: https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2019/11/01/golda-schultz-soprano-jonathan-ware-piano-0730pm 

Performers:
Golda Schultz, soprano
Jonathan Ware, piano 

Program:
Schubert – "Der Morgenkuss," D. 264
Schubert – "Heimliches Lieben," D. 922
Schubert – "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n" (Romanze) from Rosamunde, D. 797
Schubert – Suleika I, D. 720
Schubert – Suleika II, D. 717
R. Strauss – "Morgen," Op. 27, No. 4
R. Strauss – "Heimliche Aufforderung," Op. 27, No. 3
R. Strauss – "Ruhe, meine Seele," Op. 27, No. 1
R. Strauss – "Cäcilie," Op. 27, No. 2
Ravel – Shéhérazade
Beach – Three Browning Songs, Op. 44
J. Carter – Cantata 

About Golda Schultz
Praised internationally for her passionate and technically brilliant performances, South African soprano Golda Schultz has a “clear, pure tone and… a sparkling personality, with a ready sense of humor” (The New York Times). Equally at home in leading operatic roles as she is as featured soloist with the world’s foremost orchestras and conductors, Ms. Schultz is making waves as one of the most exciting new voices on the classical music scene today.

Ms. Schultz’s recent debuts include critically acclaimed performances at the Metropolitan Opera (Pamina in Die Zauberflöte), at the Bayerische Staatsoper (role debut as Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro), at the Salzburger Festspiele (Sophie, Der Rosenkavalier), at the Glyndebourne Festival (Contessa Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro), at Teatro alla Scala (Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro), at San Francisco Opera (Clara in the West Coast premiere of Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life), at the New National Theatre Tokyo in Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie), and at the Staatsoper Hamburg in the world premiere of Beat Furrer’s La bianca notte as the lead female role, Sibilla. Additional performance highlights include appearances with the Vienna State Opera and at the Zurich Opera House in Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa d’Almaviva); with the Salzburger Festspiele in a new production of La clemenza di Tito (Vitellia) by Peter Sellars; with the Metropolitan Opera in Falstaff (Nannetta); with Zurich Opera in Mendelssohn’s Elias; and with the Bayerische Staatsoper in Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), Carmen (Micaëla), La bohème (Musetta), Turandot (Liù), Das Rheingold (Freia), Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi), and Parsifal (Klingsors Zaubermädchen).

Her recent concert and recital performances have included a tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel to Lisbon, Paris, Frankfurt, Cologne, Barcelona, and Madrid, as well as performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, the National Symphony Orchestra led by Christoph Eschenbach, The Cleveland Orchestra at both Carnegie Hall and in Cleveland in Haydn’s iconic The Seasons, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Finnish Radio Symphony, the Copenhagen Opera Festival, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, at the Rheingau Musik Festival, with The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen on tour to Japan, at Musikfestival Heidelberger Frühling, and with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, in addition to recitals at Wigmore Hall and at the Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Ms. Schultz was a journalism major at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa when she took her first music elective, spurred from her upbringing by performing arts-loving parents. In the school’s music library, she happened upon a recording of Die Fledermaus featuring soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, followed by an album featuring the legendary Maria Callas. Inspired by these recordings, Ms. Schultz pursued a graduate degree in music at the University of Cape Town, cementing her decision to pursue a career in opera. After two years with Cape Town Opera, Ms. Schultz traveled to the US for the first time to successfully audition for the prestigious Juilliard School. When the head of Juilliard’s vocal program contacted Ms. Schultz in 2011 to let her know someone had dropped out of their audition slot for the Young Artist Program at the Bayerische Staatsoper, she flew to Munich immediately to audition, where they offered her a two-year position on the spot. After her time in Munich’s Opernstudio, Ms. Schultz joined the ensemble of Stadttheater Klagenfurt for one season, where she earned considerable attention in new productions of both Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) and Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra). She continued as a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper ensemble with roles including Die Zauberflöte (Pamina), Carmen (Micaëla), La bohème (Musetta), Das Rheingold (Freia), Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi), and Parsifal (Klingsors Zaubermädchen), and her role debut as Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, among others. For more information, visit www.goldaschultz.com.

About Jonathan Ware
Sought after as a song accompanist and chamber musician, during 2019/20 Jonathan Ware gives concerts across Europe at venues including the Théâtre des Champs-Elysée, Berlin Staatsoper, Bordeaux Opera, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall, collaborating with Elsa Dreisig and Robin Tritschler.  In 2020 he makes his debut at La Scala with Bejun Mehta and returns to the Heidelberger Frühling Festival with Bejun Mehta and Ludwig Mittelhammer. In the United States, Mr. Ware also gives recitals at Carnegie Hall with Golda Schultz, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. with Brenda Rae, and the University of California Mondavi Center with Luca Pisaroni.  

Over the last year Mr. Ware has recorded with Elsa Dreisig for Warner, Luca Pisaroni for Primo Classics, and Ludwig Mittelhammer for Berlin Classics and Bayerisches Rundfunk. He gave recitals at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Snape Maltings, the Elbphilharmonie, L’Auditori, as well as the Strauss Festival, and collaborated with the Vogler Quartet and trombonist Peter Moore at major venues including in Europe, and with oboist Olivier Stankiewicz in the US, appearing at the Morgan Library in New York to critical acclaim.   

Texas born, Ware now resides in Berlin where he teaches at the Hochschule ‘Hanns Eisler’ and Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin.  He studied at the Juilliard School in New York, and the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’. He regularly returns to the Verbier Festival Academy as staff and to the Samling Institute to give masterclasses. 

Awards include 1st Prize with Ludwig Mittelhammer in the International Hugo Wolf Competition and the Pianist’s Prize at the Das Lied and Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation Song Competitions. In 2014 he was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust. 

Mr. Ware has performed widely throughout Europe appearing at major festivals and venues including the Munich Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Berlin Konzerthaus, the Rheingau Festival and Salzburg Festival Dialogues at the Mozarteum.  He has collaborated with Mojca Erdmann, Michael Collins, Golda Schultz, Dame Ann Murray, Dame Felicity Lott, Ailish Tynan, Fatma Said, and Benjamin Appl, among many others. 

In North America he has given recitals at the Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Hall as part of Marilyn Horne’s The Song Continues programme, Lincoln Center with cellist Michael Katz, the Ravinia Festival and The Phillips Collection Washington DC, as well as a tour with mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. 

Passionate about the song repertory, during the 2012/13 season Mr. Ware was artistic co-director of Schubert and Company, a year-long festival devoted to the performance of the complete Schubert Lieder in New York. He has been a member of the accompanying staff of the Steans Institute at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival and the coaching staff of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt Germany. He has also worked as a répétiteur with Juilliard Opera, New York City Opera and Frankfurt Opera.

As a soloist, Jonathan Ware has given concerts in Dallas, New York, Washington DC, Miami and Hammamatsu in Japan. He won the Grand Prize at the 2005 Kingsville International Competition and was a medalist in the 2002 Missouri Southern, and New York International Piano Competitions. His performances have been broadcast on WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), WRR (Dallas), Bavarian Radio, and on US public television. 

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*Photos at the top of release: Golda Schultz by Gregor Rohrig, Jonathan Ware by Kaupo Kikkas