Arias

Uruguayan bass-baritone, Erwin Schrott, joins Decca with a deliciously charismatic, seductive and witty debut album. This album showcases his portrayals of some of opera's most famous roles, and which have wowed both audiences and critics across the world's greatest opera houses.

"…has an exceptionally beautiful voice, which he uses to fine effect in some of these arias. Philippe's great aria from Don Carlos is impressive, so is Procida's from Les vêpres siciliennes, and his Berlioz, Gounod and Meyerbeer are striking too."
(BBC Music)

"You will find it difficult to forget the sinuous virility of Erwin Schrott... There is delicious liquid melody within his sensuous singing." The Times

" the most sardonic, seductive, witty and mercurial Don Giovanni I have ever seen" The Daily Telegraph

"boasts a strong, dusky voice and chiselled physique. Exuding charisma, he galvanized the audience with his unabashedly narcissitic portrayal... certainly a stage animal" The New York Times

"a wonderful talent, and we should see and hear more of it" The Sunday Times

Erwin Schrott has astonished audiences and critics across Europe, the US and south America with his sensuous, dark bass-baritone and onstage magnetism.

This album shows off Erwin at his best, singing the wide range of roles that have made him famous. His charismatic portrayals have won him global acclaim, and for the Mozart roles in particular he is now first choice at the world's greatest opera houses, including the Met, La Scala, the Royal Opera House and Vienna's Staatsoper.

Schrott's debut disc is the perfect disc to showcase his distinctive, chocolaty voice and his wonderful talents for characterisation. Amongst the arias are his favourite Mozart roles as well as repertoire from the great 19th-century opera composers such as Verdi, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Gounod.