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The Puerto Rican-born soprano and voice teacher, Camille Ortiz, and is a graduate of the pre-college division of the Puerto Rico Conservatory. She obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from Oral Roberts University where she double-majored in voice and violin (2000-2004); her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from Manhattan School of Music (2005-2007); and completed her D.M.A. degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy at University of North Texas (2013-2017). She is the winner of the Gerda Lissner Foundation 2008 Encouragement Award and a finalist in both the Liederkranz 2009 competition, Lieder division, and the Sergei and Olga Koussevitzky 2010 Young Artists Competition.
Internationally recognized for her compelling performances of baroque and concert repertoire, Camille Ortiz is quickly establishing herself as a leading artist in standard operatic roles. The 2014 season included her Carnegie Hall debut as the soprano soloist for Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living; the soprano solo in John Rutter's Mass of the Children under the composer's baton, International Festival of the Aegean; Musetta in La Bohème as well as art song concerts for the Berlin Opera Studio. She has appeared as a featured artist of the “Buena Gente” section of El Diario NY.
The 2016-2017 season saw Camille Ortiz appearance as a leading soprano soloist (embodying several characters) in the award-winning revival of Rameau’s Le Temple de la Gloire, a co-production of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and the San Francisco based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, conducted by Nicholas McGegan and directed by Catherine Turocy. 2017-2018 season appearances include Gilda in Rigoletto, Micaëla in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust, Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, and Maria in Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story as the resident soprano with Gulfshore Opera in Naples, Florida. She was also featured in a full recital for the Dallas Bach Society titled "Coloratura Furiosa," including works by Antonio Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, J.S. Bach and George Frideric Handel.
2018-2019 highlights include Micaëla in Magic City Opera's Carmen; a debut with the Naples Philharmonic as soloist in their Link-Up Series; Norina in Don Pasquale with Gulfshore Opera; a return to San Francisco for the "Mozart Magnified" series with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale as the featured soprano soloist in W.A. Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, Coronation Mass in C major, and Litaniae Lauretanae; and a Houston debut as Poppea in Handel's Agrippina with Ars Lyrica Houston. The summer of 2018 saw her debut as soprano soloist for John Rutter's Requiem, John Rutter conducting the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina; and Schubert’s Mass in G-major and Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria in Syros, Greece with the International Festival of the Aegean. BBC Music Magazine (October 2018) named Ms. Ortiz the vocal “stand-out” for the production's acclaimed CD recording.
2019-2020 appearances include a full recital for Opera Orlando's Opera on Park series, scenes from West Side Story for Gulfshore Opera's Song and Dance, a faculty recital for the Nisita Concert Series at Florida Gulf Coast University, Marie in Opera Orlando's The Daughter of the Regiment (cancelled due to Covid-19), and Gilda in the Gulf Coast Symphony's production of Rigoletto (cancelled due to Covid-19). She was also a featured soloist on national radio, San Francisco's Classical KDFC, as part of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale broadcasts. 2020-2021 performances include a Christmas concert with Ars Lyrica Houston singing Alessandro Scarlatti's Christmas Cantata and several virtual recitals and master-classes. In March 2021, she sang with the University of Oregon Opera Ensemble the role of Morgana in selections from George Frideric Handel's Alcina.
She made appearances as La Musique in Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants with the Dallas Bach Society; Quiteria in Georg Philipp Telemann's Don Quichotte with Orchestra of New Spain; Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Pamina in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the Fillmore Opera Studio. Other notable appearances include Orchestra of New Spain’s Misa Flamenca and W.A. Mozart's Coronation Mass in C Major for the International Festival of the Aegean in Syros, Greece.
Other roles include Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at UNT Opera, Lucia Benjamin Britten's Rape of Lucretia at Manhattan School of Music, Blondchen in W.A. Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail for the Martina Arroyo Role Learning Class, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera for Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, Fire/Nightingale in L’enfant et les sortilèges for Coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan, Susan Hoerschner in Clarence and Anita for the Center of Contemporary Opera NY, Adina, Norina, and Musetta for Centro Studi Lirica in Italy, and Frasquita in Carmen with Dell’Arte Opera in New York City (2011-2012);.
Notable engagements include directing and performing for Opera Hispánica New York (2010-2011); soprano soloist with the Zipoli Ensemble NY; appearing in venues such as the Sala Manuel de Falla in Granada, Spain under the tutelage of Teresa Berganza, the Carlos Chávez Hall of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, D.F., Avery Fischer Hall at the Lincoln Center, the Heckscher Theater at El Museo del Barrio, Steinway Hall NY, The Kaye Playhouse, the America’s Society, the Museum of the City of New York, as well as on national television broadcast network Telemundo and HBO live.
Camille Ortiz has been Music Director/Cantor/Organist at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Bronx, New York (2008-2014); Social Engagement Coordinator at Gulfshore Opera in Naples, Florida (since August 2017). She has been Voice teacher at Bettye Myers Middle School in Denton, Texas (August 2014-2016); Voice/Violin/Piano Teacher at The Dallas School of Music in Dallas, Texas (June 2015-May 2017); Voice teacher at R. L. Turner High School in Carrollton, Texas (August 2015-May 2017); Teaching Fellow at University of North Texas in Denton (August 2016-May 2017); Adjunct Professor of Voice at Florida South Western State College in Fort Myers (since August 2018); Assistant Professor of Voice at University of Oregon School of Music and Dance (since September 2020). She has also served on the faculty of Florida Gulf Coast University, Ave Maria University, and the Greek Opera Studio. |
