Biography
Rising countertenor Cameron Shahbazi, praised for his “full, voluminous” voice and “personal and beautiful” timbre (De Trouw), is celebrated for his acclaimed interpretations of both baroque and contemporary music. In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Opus Klassik Award in the ‘Innovative Concert of the Year’ category for his brainchild entitled “Woman.Life.Freedom.”, a benefit concert at Oper Frankfurt produced in support of human rights in Iran.
The 2025-26 season marks numerous exciting debuts for Cameron Shahbazi. The countertenor makes his much-anticipated house debut at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia as Tolomeo in Handel’s Giulio Cesare, as role he later reprises in his company debut with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Building on the great success of George Benjamin’s new opera Picture a day like this staged by Daniel Jeanneteau and Marie-Christine Soma, Shahbazi twice presents the acclaimed interpretation: at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples and at Oper Köln. Together with Orchestra Les Accents the countertenor takes the title role in Vivaldi’s Tamerlano at Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid and at Müpa Budapest. Further, Shahbazi makes his first appearance in South America at Teatro Municipal de Lima in Peru in Velasco’s La Púrpura de la Rosa, the first known opera composed and performed in the Americas. In recital with pianist Sophia Muñoz, Cameron Shahbazi presents his program Warsaw Sessions at Bayer Kultur in Leverkusen.
