Wolfgang Götz
Conductor / Director of Studies /Head of the Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir
After studying conducting with Ulrich Weder and Sergiu Celibidache in Munich, Wolfgang Götz worked as a conductor, Kapellmeister and head of music staff at institutions such as Theater Basel, Opéra de Lille, Teatro La Fenice, the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Salzburg Festival, the Munich Biennale and the Heidenheim Opera Festival.
He has collaborated with artists such as Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Herbert Wernicke and Christoph Marthaler. In 2008, he served as head of music staff and chorus master for Madame Butterfly in Mumbai.
Wolfgang Götz has led the Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir since 2008 and has been Director of Studies at the Salzburg Landestheater since 2010.
At the Salzburg State Theater he has served as musical director for numerous productions, including “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “Bend It Like Beckham”, “Flüchtling”, “The Rocky Horror Show”, “Cabaret”, “Hair”, “Xanadu” and “Priscilla – Queen of the Desert”.
Last updated: November 2025
Productions 2026/2027
Productions 2025/2026
- Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Eugene Onegin
- Giulio Cesare
- Anniversary Gala: 60 Years the Sound of Music
- Moonstruck
- Not the Messiah – based on the iconic movie “Life of Brian”
- Picnic in the Park with “The Sound of Music”
- Priscilla – Queen of the Desert
- The Sound of Music
Productions 2024/2025
Productions 2023/2024
Productions 2022/2023
- Der Rosenkavalier
- Hair
- La finta giardiniera
- The Rocky Horror Show
- The Sound of Music
- Opening Gala Night
Productions 2021/2022
Productions 2020/2021
Productions 2019/2020
- Anthropozän
- Lohengrin
- Peter Pan
- Shakespeare im Park: Love Songs
- The Rocky Horror Show
- Der Freischütz
Productions 2018/2019
Productions 2017/2018
Productions 2016/2017
- Die Tore von Jerusalem
- Hansel and Gretel
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Orfeo²
- Shakespeare im Park: Queens and Kings
- The Sound of Music
- About Water and Stones
Productions 2015/2016
- Arielle, die Meerjungfrau
- Das Salzburger Spiel vom verloren Sohn
- Shakespeare im Park: Queens and Kings
- Shakespeare im Park: Verliebte und Verrückte
- The Sound of Music