Recognized for her versatility, soprano Leila Schütz excels in the baroque repertoire as well as in the comic roles of operetta and opera, which she imbues with her humor and extravagant physical comedy.
She also works as a director crafting performances that are both modern and whimsical. Deeply engaged with Yiddish music, she regularly performs this repertoire, which holds a special place in her artistic identity. She thrives on interdisciplinary projects that combine different genres and art forms.
Leila Schütz
Soprano · Stage director
"The soprano Leila Schütz delivers a performance that is heart-wrenching, humorous and full of life."
Süddeutsche Zeitung · 2026
Leila SchützSoprano · Stage director
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 Theater (Germany) from 2023 to 2025. She performed as Frasquita (Carmen), the Sandman and Dew Fairy in Hänsel and Gretel, Amore in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Caterina Cavalieri in Amadeus (Peter Schaffer), and the four female roles in The Wizard of Oz (Lucy Landymore). She has also sung the Queen of the Night (youth productions), and she was Zerbinetta in Dafne auf Naxos (Serkowitzer Volksoper Dresden) and Olympia (Mittelsächsisches Theater). In the summer of 2026, she took on the main role of Alan Bern's new one-woman opera in Yiddish, Togbukh, at the Theater Mon Ami in Weimar.
Co-founder of the Callisto Collective and the Sternflammende Oper Wien, Leila also works as an opera director. Her staging of The Magic Flute was presented at the MuTh theater in Vienna in 2019. In September 2026, she presented her production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Brunswick City Museum, in which she also sung the part of Euridice. She is currently studying opera directing at the Mdw school of music in Vienna.
Leila performs with various ensembles and festivals accross Europe, ranging from early music to contemporary creations, to Yiddish music. She regularly performs with the Kadya Trio: they performed among others at the Cracow Philharmonie, as well as the Shtetl Berlin Festival, Shalom Musik Köln and Yiddish Summer Weimar. Additionally, she has performed as a soloist on various international stages such as the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, and the Orfeo Week festival in Lodi.
Stage director
Co-founder of the Callisto Collective and the Sternflammende Oper Wien, Leila also works as an opera director. In September 2026, she presented her production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at the Brunswick City Museum. She is currently studying opera directing at the prestigious Mdw school of music in Vienna.
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