Leila Schütz
soprano

Recognized for her versatility, soprano Leila Schütz excels in the comic repertoire of operetta and opera, which she imbues with her humor and extravagant physical comedy. A passionate performer, she also reveals an ability to touch the intimacy of tragic texts with sincerity and without artifice.

Winner of three awards at the Cavalli Monteverdi competition in Cremona 2023, French soprano Leila Schütz was a member of the Opera Studio at the Rostock Theatre (Germany) from 2023 to 2025. She performed as Frasquita (Carmen, Bizet) under the baton of Markus Bosch, the Sandman and Dew Fairy in Hänsel and Gretel (Humperdinck), Amore in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Caterina Cavalieri in the play Amadeus (Peter Schaffer), and the four female roles in The Wizard of Oz by American composer Lucy Landymore.
Additionally, she has performed in concerts on various international stages such as the Philharmonie in Krakow with Trio Kadya, Laeiszhalle in Hamburg with the Norddeutsche Philharmonie, and at the Philharmonie in Oradea (Romania) with conductor Andrej Vesel.
IShe has also sung the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute with different youth ensembles (Opernstudio Belcanto, Junge Kammerphilharmonie Sachsen) as well as her lesser-known counterpart, Hersilia, in a production of Orpheus und Euridike by Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801), with the Elblandphilharmonie in Dresden. She was Zerbinetta in the hybrid opera Dafne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and Heinrich Schütz, with the Serkowitzer Volksoper, blending opera, operetta, and baroque music.
She debuted at the Semperoper in Dresden in the role of a eunuch in The Nose by Shostakovich directed by Peter Konwitschny. She also sang Gretel in a university production of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel,  and took on the role of Olympia (The Tales of Hoffmann, Offenbach) at the Mittelsächsisches Theater ball.
Leila performs with various ensembles in Germany, ranging from early music to contemporary creations. She participated in the musical and theatrical performance Lebende minus Tote at the Grand Theatre in Hellerau combining baroque music with contemporary creations, and she sang the title role in the Glikl-Oratorye, a Yiddish creation by American composer Alan Bern performed at the Kaisersaal in Erfurt, blending early music with jazz, klezmer, and 20th-century Lied.

Leila Schütz is a lyric-light soprano who specializes in opera and operetta repertoire with a particular focus on Baroque music, in which she notably excelled at the Cavalli Monteverdi Competition.

 
In keeping with her dual Franco-Austrian background, Leila is passionate about Lied and Mélodie, which she sings in duet with her pianist sister Bella Schütz. Her versatility enables her to stand out in multidisciplinary projects that blend different styles and traditions.

Stay tuned for announcements regarding Leila's upcoming performances. Feel free to check back on this site regularly for updates on upcoming concerts.

Among the highlights, find snapshots of her notable roles such as La Cavalieri in Amadeus, Venus/Zerbinetta in "Dafne auf Naxos", and Sandmann/Taumann in Hänsel et Gretel. To further explore her performances, visit the gallery and media pages.

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