Mr. Cory Neal Schantz

Adjunct Professor of Voice
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CORY NEAL SCHANTZ
BARITONE

Cory Neal Schantz has been hailed by critics as a compelling performer. He made his professional operatic debut as Wagner in Gounod’s Faust with Baltimore Opera where he was praised as “an engaging presence on the stage.” He also performed the role of Guglielmo in Cosí Fan Tutte as a Baltimore Opera apprentice. In 2007, Dr. Schantz, made his Springfield Regional Opera debut as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly.

More recently Dr. Schantz appeared as Pooh-Bah in The Mikado with Wichita Grand Opera, Balthazar in Cimarron Opera’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, Frank in the Oklahoma Opera Theater production of Die Fledermaus, and Marcello in Enid Symphony Orchestra’s concert version of La Bohème alongside Leona Mitchell’s Musetta.

Dr. Schantz made his Union Avenue Opera debut in the summer of 2010 singing the role of The Corporal in La Fille du Régiment and made his debut with Winter Opera of St. Louis in 2011 singing Germont in La Traviata. Additional credits include the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief and Il conte d’Almaviva in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.

Prior to joining the faculty at Oklahoma State. Dr. Schantz served on the voice faculties of Ouachita Baptist University, Tarleton State University, and Wayland Baptist University.