Erwin Schrott

Born in Uruguay, Schrott won the First and Audience prizes in Operalia (1998). For The Royal Opera he has sung Méphistophélès, Procida (Les vêpres siciliennes), Banquo (Macbeth) and Figaro, Leporello and Don Giovanni. Highlights include Procida (Bayerische Staatsoper, Copenhagen), Count Almaviva (Vienna State Opera, Budapest), Scarpia (Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna, Berlin State Opera, Liceu, Barcelona), Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena (Royal Opera House of Muscat, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège), Mefistofele (Munich, Chorégies d’Orange), Escamillo (Cologne, Vienna, Arena di Verona), Méphistophélès (Vienna, Teatro Real, Madrid), Don Giovanni (Berlin State Opera, Theater an der Wien), Leporello (Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco, Vienna), the Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Amsterdam) and Alidoro in La Cenerentola (La Scala, Munich). His solo recordings include a disc of Latin American music, Rojotango, and a disc of bass arias. Engagements for 2024/25 include Lucrezia Borgia, Don Carlo and I Masnadieri in Munich, Il barbiere di Siviglia in Vienna and La damnation de Faust in Liège.