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Erwin Schrott on the “magenta carpet” of the Life Ball 2013

Erwin Schrott (2014)

Erwin Schrott in the NDR Talk Show 2012

Erwin Esteban Schrott Baladon (born December 21, 1972 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan opera singer ( bass-baritone ), he has also had Spanish citizenship since 2010.

Life

Erwin Schrott was born in the Montevidean district of La Comercial into a working-class family with Austro-German ancestors. He made his debut in Montevideo at the age of 22 in the role of Roucher in Andrea Chénier and soon sang various leading roles at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile , including Timur in Turandot , Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Ramphis in Aida . At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden he sang the title role in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro . In 1999 he became internationally known when he won first prize from both the audience and the jury in the Operalia competition.

The artist is a regular guest at major opera stages such as: the Vienna State Opera , Los Angeles Opera, the Metropolitan Opera New York , the Royal Opera House London , the Teatro San Carlo Naples , the Zurich Opera House , and the La Scala in Milan , the National Opera de Paris (where he sang the role of Figaro in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in June 2011 ), to name just a few of the many. In 2008 he made his Salzburg Festival debut alongside Dorothea Röschmann , Ekaterina Siurina , Matthew Polenzani and Annette Dasch as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni . One critic wrote:

“A singer was the focus of social interest, simply because they wanted to know what artistic potential Anna Netrebko laughed at. After the listening test, the results must be: Firstly, Erwin Schrott's Salzburg debut as Leporello was by no means too early, and secondly, he might have been the more effective line-up for Don Giovanni ( Christopher Maltman as an assertive macho), since he has a more masculine, robust, voluminous vocal vitality proved. "

In 2012 he received an Echo Klassik in the category Classical Without Borders for the album Rojotango , which was released under Sony Classical.

In spring 2015 he gave the Ramfis in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida at the side of Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros in a concert performance .

In 2017 Schrott made his debut in Berlin as Scarpia in the Puccini opera Tosca , and has since been celebrated in this role worldwide:

"" Schrott masters the stage with a vocal but above all scenic imposing presence. He has his own and complete vision of the character and he fills it with nuances and details in a manner that makes him unforgettable. All the refinement in the small gestures, inflexions and theatrical minutiae in his performance as an actor, Schrott transposes also in the singing, which becomes full of intention and meaning. Erwin Schrott is probably, today, one of the best performers that one can find for the role of the sinister and lascivious chief of police. " (opera-online) "

In addition to his opera engagements, Schrott has been performing regularly since 2011 with the Rojotango program with tangos, milongas and folk songs from his South American homeland.

Private

Schrott was in a relationship with the Russian-Austrian soprano Anna Netrebko until 2013 . They have been the parents of a son since September 5, 2008, whom they named "Tiago Aruã". "Tiago" means "Jakob" in German. The second name “Aruã” comes from the Charrúas language and means “valuable” and “peaceful”. Schrott also has a daughter Iara (* 1998) from a previous relationship, who appears as a singer in musicals. He is now married to the Iranian make-up artist Niyousha Nasri.

Honors, awards

• 1998: Operalia , first prize (singer) and audience award
• 2012: ECHO Klassik for his album Rojotango
• 2015: “Distinguished Citizen” from Montevideo
• 2017: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2017: Premio Illica 2017, Italy
• 2018: Premio Excelentia a la Cultura 2018, Spain

literature

• Rüdiger Heinze: It's going over hill and dale. Salzburg Festival. A 'Don Giovanni' in the dark fir . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . No. 175 , 2008, p. 8 .

Discography (selection)

• Les vêpres siciliennes (Verdi) Royal Opera House London, recording 2013 / published 2015, Antonio Pappano (conductor). Warner Music Group, DVD & Blu-ray
• Don Giovanni (Mozart) Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , 2013, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor). Sony Classical, DVD & Blu-ray
• Rojotango - Live in Berlin, 2013, Sony Classical, DVD
• Arias - Erwin Schrott , 2012, Daniele Rustioni (conductor). Sony Classical, CD
• Rojotango - Erwin Schrott , Tango CD, 2011, with Pablo Ziegler. Sony Classical, CD
• Don Giovanni (Mozart) Salzburg Festival Recording 2008, 2010, Bertrand de Billy (conductor). Naxos Germany, DVD
• Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Zurich Opera House , 2009, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). EMI Music, DVD
• Arias by Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz , Gounod & Meyerbeer , 2008, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Riccardo Frizza (conductor). Decca CD
• Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Royal Opera House , 2008, Antonio Pappano (conductor). Opus Arte, DVD & Blu-ray
• Moïse et Pharaon (Pharaon), Teatro alla Scala, 2003, Riccardo Muti (conductor). TDK DVD
• L'elisir d'amore (Dulcamara), Macerata Opera Festival , 2002, Niels Muus (conductor). Rai Trade DVD and CD

Web links

Commons : Erwin Schrott  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Erwin Schrott homepage
• Erwin Schrott at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Biographical information on the website of the Zurich Opera House
• Erwin Schrott Titbits Page
• Profile: Erwin Schrott
• Interview with the Swiss classic portal Classicpoint.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Referncia del Consejo de Ministros de 29 de October 2010
2. ^ Erwin Schrott - Munzinger biography
3. ↑ Interview in Die Presse
4. ↑ Heinze 2008, p. 8
5. ↑ Homepage Echo Klassik ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Helmut Pitsch "Major concert event" ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Opera Network , accessed July 7, 2015. 
7. ↑ https://www.opera-online.com/en/columns/xavierpujol/schrott-ideal-scarpia-in-tosca-at-liceu
8. ↑ http://www.musik-heute.de/6904/erwin-schrott-rojotango/
9. ↑ Message from November 25, 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ ^{A b} "Anna Netrebko's son is called Tiago Arua" , Vienna Online , September 8, 2008
11. ↑ Anthony Tommasin: "A Rake, Sure, but a Thoughtful One" . In: The New York Times , September 25, 2008
12. ↑ http://www.cartelera.com.uy/averespectaculo.aspx?11401
13. ↑ https://dziennikbaltycki.pl/koncert-z-cyklu-muzyka-czyni-cuda-w-gdansku-erwin-schrott-i-jego-muzyczne-cuda-zdjecia/ar/13734434
14. ^ Erwin Schrott es Ciudadano Illustre de Montevideo. In: Intendencia de Montevideo of August 14, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2017.
15. ↑ Erwin Schrott is awarded the Gold Medal of Honor. ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Federal Chancellery of July 24, 2017, accessed on August 10, 2017. 
16. ↑ La magia della piazza monumentale per il premio Illica 2017. In: Libertà of August 5, 2017, accessed on August 10, 2017.
17. ↑ La Fundación Excelentia premia a Samsung, Gaes y Rolex, entre otros, con la IV edición de sus Premios a la Cultura In: La Vanguardia from May 20, 2018, accessed on May 22, 2018.