Edwin Crossley-Mercer
Edwin Crossley-Mercer (* 1982 in Clermont-Ferrand ) is a French concert and opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Crossley-Mercer first studied clarinet and then began his vocal training at the Conservatory in Clermont-Ferrand and subsequently at the Center de musique baroque de Versailles .
In 2003 he moved to Berlin and began studying singing with Heinz Reeh and, since October 2005, with Reiner Goldberg at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy of Music in Berlin . He attended master classes with Thomas Quasthoff and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, among others .
Since then he has performed in numerous concerts with French conductors and on CD recordings by u. a. the motets by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and opera arias by Jean-Baptiste Lully , but also with German opera and song repertoire. He is committed to the German State Opera Berlin . He sang Papageno in Mozart's Magic Flute , Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss and the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni . In 2013 he was invited to the Schubertiade Vorarlberg , but did not appear there.
In the Theater an der Wien Crossley-Mercer 2014 debuted in Robert Carsen's staging of Jean-Philippe Rameau Platée .
Web links
- Edwin Crossley-Mercer at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Edwin Crossley-Mercer homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crossley-Mercer, Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French concert and opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clermont-Ferrand |