Biography
Italian-Israeli soprano Mayan Goldenfeld is currently based in Bielefeld, Germany, where since the 2023/24 season she has been engaged as an ensemble member at Theater Bielefeld.
During the 2022/23 season Mayan was part of the Bielefelder Studio at Theater Bielefeld, a one-of-a-kind studio program where she received training not only as an opera singer but also as an actress as well as in dance. As a member of the Bielefelder Studio she appeared in opera rolessuch as the leading role of Sie in the world premiere of the opera At Your Doorstep/Vor DeinerTür, 4th Blumenmädchen in Parsifal, Natalia in Zazà, Ida in Die Fledermaus, as well as a soloistwith the Bielefelder Philharmoniker in concerts such as the New Year's Concert and in Bach'sSt. John Passion. She also made her debut as an actress in the role of Zagorka in the criticallyacclaimed play Herkunft by Saša Stanišić.
Other performances include Despina in Cosi fan tutte and Matthäus Passion in AmsterdamConcertgebouw, Erice in L'Ormindo by Cavalli at Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, thetitle role in Stradella's La Circe in Teatro Torlonia, Amor and Damigella in L'incoronazione diPoppea by Monteverdi, Sangaride in Atys by Lully, Dorilla in La Serva Scaltra by Hasse, the titlerole in Jommeli's Didone Abbandonata in a concert for SWR2 at the Schwetzingen Festspieleand Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea.
As a singer with a passion for early music, Mayan has already sung under the baton of earlymusic specialists such as Sigiswald Kuiken, Alexis Kossenko, Werner Ehrhardt, Andrea deCarlo and Michael Hofstetter.
With her early music duo "Sull'onde" she won the Bärenreiter Prize at the Göttingen HandelCompetition. She also won the first prize of the Buchmann-Mehta Singing Competition, and is afinalist of the Froville International Baroque Singing Competition.The soprano is a scholarship recipient of the German Orchestra Foundation, the CiniFoundation in Venice, the Friends of Opera Association in Israel, as well as the Berlin SongFestival, the Buchman-Heiman Foundation and the AICF Foundation, from which she receivedthe Excellence Scholarship. She is also a Jubilee ambassador for Bärenreiter Verlag, one of themost important music publishers in the world.
Before completing her Bachelor's degree in music at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music inthe class of Efrat Ben Nun, Mayan studied history at Tel Aviv University. She then went on tocomplete her master's degree at Brooklyn College Conservatory in New York, where shestudied in the class of Patricia McCaffrey. She is also a graduate of the Baroque VocalExcellence Program at the Hochschule für Musik in Mainz, and holds an Advanced Studiescertificate from the institution of Early Music at the Berlin University of the Arts where shecoached with Doerthe Maria Sandmann.
Repertoire
Opera/Operetta
Composer, Work
Composer
Opera/Operetta
Part
G. Bizet, Carmen
G. Bizet
Carmen
Frasquita
F. Cavalli, L'Ormindo
F. Cavalli
L'Ormindo
Armonia
F. Cavalli, L'Ormindo
F. Cavalli
L'Ormindo
Erice
M. Charlap, King Solomon and the Bee
M. Charlap
King Solomon and the Bee
Queen Sheba
A. Copland, The Tender Land
A. Copland
The Tender Land
Beth
P. Glass, La Belle et la Bête
P. Glass
La Belle et la Bête
Adelaide
C. W. Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice
C. W. Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice
Euridice
C. W. Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice
C. W. Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice
Amore
G. F. Händel, Acis and Galatea
G. F. Händel
Acis and Galatea
Galatea
J. A. Hasse, La serva scaltra
J. A. Hasse
La serva scaltra
Dorilla
J. Haydn, L'infedelta delusa
J. Haydn
L'infedelta delusa
Vespina
E. Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
E. Humperdinck
Hänsel und Gretel
Taumännchen, Sandmann
R. Leoncavallo, Zaza
R. Leoncavallo
Zaza
Natalia
J. B. Lully, Atys
J. B. Lully
Atys
Sangaride
C. Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea
C. Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Amor
C. Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea
C. Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Drusilla
C. Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea
C. Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Damigella
C. Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
C. Monteverdi
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Minerva
C. Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
C. Monteverdi
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Fortuna
W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni
W. A. Mozart
Don Giovanni
Zerlina
W. A. Mozart, Così fan tutte
W. A. Mozart
Così fan tutte
Despina
W. A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte
W. A. Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Pamina
F. Poulenc, Dialogues des Carmelites
F. Poulenc
Dialogues des Carmelites
Soeur Constance
G. Puccini, Suor Angelica
G. Puccini
Suor Angelica
Suor Genovieffa
G. Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims
G. Rossini
Il viaggio a Reims
Madama Cortese
G. Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia
G. Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Berta
A. Stradella, La Circe
A. Stradella
La Circe
Circe
J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus
J. Strauss
Die Fledermaus
Adele
J. Strauss, Die Fledermaus
J. Strauss
Die Fledermaus
Ida
G. Verdi, Rigoletto
G. Verdi
Rigoletto
Paggio
G. Verdi, La traviata
G. Verdi
La traviata
Annina
M. L. Vogler, At Your Doorstep
M. L. Vogler
At Your Doorstep
She
R. Wagner, Parsifal
R. Wagner
Parsifal
4th Blumenmädchen
*not yet performed on stage
Oratorio
Composer, Work
Composer
Work
Part
J. S. Bach, Matthäuspassion
J. S. Bach
Matthäuspassion
J. S. Bach, Johannespassion
J. S. Bach
Johannespassion
A. Vivaldi, Juditha Triumphans
A. Vivaldi
Juditha Triumphans
Vagaus
*not yet performed on stage
Concert and Lied
Composer, Work
Composer
Work
J. Bardanashvili, Ode to Sara
J. Bardanashvili
Ode to Sara
J. Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem
J. Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem
G. F. Händel, La Lucrezia
G. F. Händel
La Lucrezia
G. F. Händel, Agrippina condotta a morire
G. F. Händel
Agrippina condotta a morire
J. A. Hasse, Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra
J. A. Hasse
Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra
D. Mazzocchi, Lagrime Amare
D. Mazzocchi
Lagrime Amare
C. Monteverdi, Lamento della ninfa
C. Monteverdi
Lamento della ninfa
W. A. Mozart, Exsultate, jubilate
W. A. Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate
G. B. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
G. B. Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
M. Palmeri, Magnificat
M. Palmeri
Magnificat
F. Poulenc, Gloria
F. Poulenc
Gloria
G. Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
G. Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
A. Scarlatti, L'orfeo
A. Scarlatti
L'orfeo
R. V. Williams, Serenade to Music
R. V. Williams
Serenade to Music
A. Vivaldi, Domine ad adiuvandum me festina
A. Vivaldi
Domine ad adiuvandum me festina
A. Vivaldi, In furore iustissimae irae
A. Vivaldi
In furore iustissimae irae