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"Na’ama Goldman held the audience in the palm of her hand… She is an expressive performer and displayed an unusual vulnerability...
Hers was a gripping performance!"

Opera Magazine

Biography

The recent engagements of the Israeli mezzo soprano Na’ama Goldman include the role of Carmen and Idamante at The Israeli Opera, Maffio Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia at Aalto Musiktheater Essen and at Ópera de TenerifeNerestano in Zaira (Bellini) at Stadttheater Gießen, and Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Teatro Verdi Trieste. Her future engagements include the role of Charlotte in Werther at Den Jyske Opera, Cesira in La Ciociara (Tutino) at Wexford Festival Opera, Salud in La vida breve (de Falla) at Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, and more. Her upcoming CD album “Legata” will be released in March 2023 by Solo Musica record label in cooperation with Naxos Records.

Na'ama Goldman interpreted a rich selection of roles on international stages such as Carmen at Ópera de Tenerife, at The Grange Festival, and with AsLiCo touring Italy in Cremona, Brescia, Pavia, and Como, Charlotte in Werther at The Israeli Opera, the title role in Salomé (A. Mariotte) at Wexford Festival Opera, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Marchesa Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Fenena in Nabucco and Siébel in Faust at Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Dorabella in Così fan tutte at Ópera de Tenerife, Cornelia in Giulio Cesare at the Shanghai Baroque Festival, and others.

Goldman gained outstanding audience and critical acclaim when she replaced at the last minute the title role in Carmen at the Massada Opera Festival 2012 under the baton of M° Daniel Oren. Her success immediately led to celebrated debuts at The Israeli Opera, such as the title role of La Cenerentola, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Fenena in Nabucco, and a return as Carmen in 2018 and again in 2022.

Goldman also performed numerous concerts, recitals, and galas across the globe. Notable concerts include Stabat Mater by Rossini at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Ariadne Auf Naxos by Haydn at Wiener Konzerthaus, Missa Solemnis by Beethoven and the title role of Solomon by Händel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven at Taipei National Concert hall, and many more. Important recitals and opera galas took place at Teatro Regio Torino, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Fondazione Teatri Piacenza, Wexford Festival OperaThe Israeli Opera, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Ópera de TenerifeLiederiadi Festival in Milano, Yarra Valley Opera Festival in Melbourne, and many more. 

As a young singer, Na'ama Goldman participated in the Meitar Opera Studio of The Israeli Opera, where she performed a vast variety of roles like Charlotte in Werther, the title role of La Cenerentola, Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte, and many more. She is a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, the Basser scholarship, the Eli Leon scholarship, and The Rosenblum Prize.

"Na'ama Goldman is absolutely superb, with impeccable singing and elegant phrasing she knows how to intelligently color the words according to the dramatic situation. And the feather in her cap:
on stage, her presence does wonders!” 

Forum Opéra

Repertoire

Vincenzo Bellini

Zaira - Nerestano

 

Hector Berlioz

Béatrice et Bénédict - Béatrice

 

Georges Bizet

Carmen - Carmen


Benjamin Britten

The Turn of the Screw - Mrs. Grose
 

Gaetano Donizetti

Lucrezia Borgia - Maffio Orsini

Maria Stuarda - Elisabetta

Charles Gounod

Faust - Siébel

Roméo et Juliette - Stéphano

Georg Friedrich Händel

Giulio Cesare - Cornelia

Engelbert Humperdinck

Hänsel und Gretel - Hänsel

Antoine Mariotte

Salomé  - Salomé 

Pietro Mascagni

Cavalleria Rusticana - Lola

Jules Massenet

Werther - Charlotte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Così fan tutte - Dorabella

Die Zauberflöte - Zweite Dame

Don Giovanni - Donna Elvira

Idomeneo - Idamante

Le nozze di Figaro - Cherubino

Amilcare Ponchielli

La Gioconda - Laura

Giacomo Puccini

Madama Butterfly - Suzuki

Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas - Sorceress

Gioachino Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia - Rosina

Il viaggio a Reims - Marchesa Melibea

La Cenerentola - Angelina

Johann Strauss

Die Fledermaus - Orlofsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Nabucco - Fenena

Rigoletto - Maddalena

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