ABOUT GOLDA ZAHRA

A Los Angeles native hailed as “The rising star of the opera world” and “a promising young opera singer” by the Los Angeles Times, award-winning soprano, Golda Zahra is known for an angelic voice marked by lush, golden tones, crystal clarity, and a vocal range with an exciting high-note extension.

Her parents told her that she sang before she uttered her first words. At the age of three, she chirped along to Luciano Pavarotti’s, “Funiculì, Funiculà,” a Neapolitan song that her childlike voice called, “Jamma-Ja.” That same year, she attended her first opera. Enchanted by Mozart’s Magic Flute, it was becoming remarkably clear that the child was a natural—singing, acting, and imitating the music all around her. It seemed as though opera had "chosen her," long before she knew that a true operatic voice lived inside her.

Begging her parents to allow her to, "go it alone," and pursue her craft, while still a teenager, she spent nearly eight years in Italy not merely studying music and opera, but incorporating the Italian artistic culture into her being. During this period, she also notably coached with soprano Barbara Frittoli.

Today, this has become the story of soprano, Golda Zahra.

Called, “One of the rising stars of her generation,” by the L.A. Times, Miss Zahra is quickly emerging as a singer preparing for the world stage. Driven to share her vocal gifts, she possesses an innocence and generosity of spirit all too rare. Most critically, she defies the need to be confined by the principles of any specific genre. “I love it all,” she says in her carefree style.

Not vanilla or trained simply for power, Golda Zahra's voice is not merely beautiful in tone but also buoyed by a unique blend of agility that sometimes hearkens back to the Golden Age of Opera. Marked by her passionate personality and ability to immediately enchant, she is the product of a Middle Eastern mother and an American father whose own grandfather was the voice teacher to superstar treasure and crossover artist, Linda Ronstadt. 

A lyric soprano, Ms. Zahra is in demand appearing at famed venues which include Walt Disney Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and Royce Hall. She has also appeared with some of Southern California’s leading orchestras including LA Opera (under the baton of James Conlon), Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, Burbank Philharmonic, Southeast Symphony, and Dream Orchestra under conductor Daniel Suk. She is in the process of recording a series of classic opera arias and other favorites with internationally renowned conductor Maestro Steven Mercurio and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

In 2025, Golda launched the highly successful concert spectacular Golda Zahra in Concert at Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Following up with a critically acclaimed debut performance as “Liu” in Puccini’s Turandot at Walt Disney Hall, she also appeared at the Pacific Music Festival’s Puccini 100th gala concert. 

Soprano Golda Zahra studies in the private voice studio of Bill Schuman in New York.

For upcoming concerts and performances, follow her on Instagram @golda.zahra.