In past seasons at the Houston Grand Opera, Sutliff performed the role of Harvey in Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, Brühlmann, and covered Albert in Werther, Sciarrone in Tosca, and A Cappadocian in Salome. He covered Papageno in Die Zauberflöte and made his house debut as El Dancaïro in Rob Ashford’s production of Carmen. He later performed the roles of Thierry and M. Javelinot in Dialogues of the Carmelites and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette.

Last summer at The Santa Fe Opera, Sutliff premiered the title role of Orfeo in Nico Muhley’s new orchestration of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and covered the title role of Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande. Past summers at SFO Sutliff has performed the role of El Dancaïro in Carmen and the role of Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has also covered the role of Figaro in Rossini’s il barbiere di Siviglia and the role of Jon Seward in John Corigliano and Mark Adamo’s world premiere of The Lord of Cries.

The previous summers at Chautauqua saw him perform Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conducted by Julius Abraham and directed by John Giampietro. After winning the Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Competition, Sutliff was awarded a performance with the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra under the baton of Timothy Muffitt. Additionally, he sang Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Hucklebee in The Fantasticks, and covered Escamillo in Carmen.

At Juilliard, Sutliff made his Alice Tully Hall debut singing L’horizon chimérique with his dear friend Bronwyn Schuman. He performed in numerous productions including Janáčke’s Káta Kabanová and Bellini’s La Sonnambula in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. He was also cast as the Aeneas cover and ensemble in Juilliard’s touring production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with Juilliard’s early music ensemble, Juilliard 415 conducted by Avi Stein and directed by Mary Birnbaum. On tour with Juilliard 415, Sutliff performed at the Joye in Aiken Music Festival in South Carolina, Opera Holland Park in London, and the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles. Previous roles at Juilliard include Jupiter from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and The Herald in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace. In recital, Sutliff has performed in Juilliard’s Leiderabend, coached by Dimitri Dover. He also performed Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe.

Sutliff is a huge supporter of new music and has been fortunate to participate in several premiers. Earlier this spring, Sutliff was meant to perform in the world premiere of Jack Frerer’s orchestral piece, Splinter, with the Arapahoe Philharmonic. The premiere was postponed due to COVID-19. In the past, he performed a US premiere of Viento, Agua, Piedra by Samuel Zyman and the Four Frost Songs by Jack Frerer at Juilliard. Later in his studies, he premiered Let Them Eat Cake by Trey Makler at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.