Cameron Shahbazi | |
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Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 3 April 1992
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Occupation | Operatic countertenor |
Awards | Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Cover Award |
Website | www |
Cameron Shahbazi (Persian: کامران شهبازی; born 1992) is a Persian-Canadian operatic countertenor[1] who has performed leading roles at opera houses and festivals in Europe, performing both Baroque and contemporary opera. He has sung the title role of Handel's Tolomeo at the Karlsruhe Handel Festival, Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Oper Frankfurt, two roles in George Benjamin's Written on Skin, premiered in 2012, at the Cologne Opera, and in the world premiere of Ritratto by Willem Jeths at the Dutch National Opera in 2020. 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.[2]