Praised by Opera Magazine for his "clarity of tone, ringing high notes and clear German diction," tenor Cameron Schutza is in demand for his "expressive spinto voice" (Opera Warhorses) in concert and opera worldwide. He was soloist for the Beethoven Symphony no. 9 with the Austin, Fairfax, and Alabama Symphonies. Mr. Schutza recently made his role debust as Tristan and Siegmund in excerpts from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Die Walküre with the Walla Walla Symphony. He returned to Tristan with the Harvard-Ratcliffe Orchestra in a concert performance of Act Two of Tristan und Isolde. Other recent role debuts include Erik is Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer with Opera Maine, as Radames in Verdi's Aida with Portland Summerfest, and Calaf in Turandot with Ozark Lyric Opera.
In 2020, Mr. Schutza was awarded Second Prize and Orchestra's Choice awards at the Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition (LMISC) in Aalborg, Denmark. He was Pinkerton in Baltimore Concert Opera's Madama Butterfly, about which the Maryland Theatre Guide stated, "Cameron Schutza as B. F. Pinkerton navigates the demanding role with professional aplomb. In his opening arias, he quickly establishes himself as a quintessential tenor, able to control the signature high notes of the role with color and nuance...he was outstanding." Mr. Schutza was much lauded as Chairman Mao in the Princeton Festival's production of Adams' Nixon in China, with Bachtrack saying, "Cameron Schutza is the Heldentenor Adams imagined for Chairman Mao, a big voice with a ringing top," and Parterre Box admiring the tenor's "freaky tessitura" and "unearthly beauty."
Mr. Schutza joined the Metropolitan Opera roster for its productions of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tannhäuser, and Salome. His other credits include Fidelio with Michigan Opera Theatre and, on the concert stage, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony at Carnegie Hall, Verdis Requiem with Houston Masterworks, and Mozart's Requiem with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.
He has sung in recital with Rockport Music in a program celebrating 150 years of Strauss with soprano Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs and performed concert arias with the New Jersey Festival Orchestra. The Texas native is an alumnus of the young artist programs of Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Opera and Palm Beach Opera. A 2016 recipient of the top prize Robert Lauch Memorial Fund Endowment Award from the Wagner Society of New York, Schutza has also been a two-time winner of the Arizona District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and was awarded third place in the 2017 Lauritz Melchior International Singing Competition in Denmark for his interpretation of Wagner's heroic tenor leads with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.