Erwin Schrott's year all Don Giovanni & Figaro

Erwin Schrott

Erwin Schrott's stage performances for the remainder of the year is nothing but Mozart's Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. Tomorrow night he performs Don Giovanni in a concert version of the opera in the tent in Gstaad performed by the orchestra La Scintilla from the Zurich Opera under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado. The cast includes Véronique Gens and Regula Mühlemann.

On September 15ht, he opens at the Royal Opera House in London for seven performances as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with fellow barihunk Stéphane Degout as Count Almaviva. The cast includes Ellie Dehn as the Countess, Kate Lindsey as Cherubino and Ann Murray as Marcellina.

In October, he heads to the Wiener Staatsoper to portray Leporello in Don Giovanni with fellow barihunk Mariusz Kwiecien in the title role. The cast includes Andrea Carroll as Zerlina and Juliane Banse as Donna Elvira.

The trend continues into 2016, when he returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Don Giovanni in a barihunk-laden cast that includes Alex Esposito as Leporello and Brandon Cedel and Tareq Nazmi rotating as Masetto.

His only U.S. performance is scheduled for December 12th when he performs Rojotango, his show of tangos by Astor Piazzolla and Pablo Ziegler as well as Argentinean and Brazilian folk songs.

All-Star Don Giovanni in Baden-Baden with Schrott & Pisaroni

Erwin Schrott as Don Giovanni (left) and Faust (right)

It's no secret that we love Mozart's Don Giovanni, since it's not only one of the greatest operas ever written, but it seems to provide us with an endless supply of barihunks. The Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, Germany has not only given us two of the most prominent barihunks in the world, but an all-star cast from top to bottom that would be the envy of any opera company in the world.

Erwin Schrott as Don Giovanni and Luca Pisaroni as Leporello, head a cast that includes Anna Netrebko as Donna Anna, Charles Castronovo as Don Ottavio, Jonathan Lemalu as Masetto and Malena Ernman as Donna Elvira. Performances will run from May 17-26 and tickets are available online.

Luca Pisaroni sings Leporello's Catalogue Aria. 

On June 1, Schrott will return to his Rojotango tour of Argentinian tangos and folk songs by Astor Piazzolla and Pablo Ziegler throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Luca Pisaroni will be flying to the United States to join the Milwaukee Symphony in performances of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius on May 31 and June 1. Joining him will be mezzo Tamara Mumford and tenor Anthony Dean Griffey.

Benefit Concert for Hot Schrott's Foundation

As we've previously reported, barihunk Erwin Schrott and his lovely wife Anna Netrebko have created the Anna and Erwin Schrott 4Kids Foundation. The foundation has already supported children in Austria, Russia, Spain and Germany with donations to SOS Children's Villages, a children's hospital in Saint Petersburg, the Austrian organization "Our Child" and the Spanish A.Va.Pa.Ce.nell.

On October 10th at Halle E in the MusemsQuartier in Vienna, Schrott will perform a benefit concert of his successful "Rojotango" program. Tickets are available online. If you can't make the concert, but would like to donate, you can get more information HERE.

Here is Hot Schrott talking about the concert:

 

An exclusive dinner-reception will be held after the show. For more information contact either Giorgia Meschini at info@annaanderwin4kids.com or Miriam Tenner at m.tenner@ikg-wien.at.

Amazing New Releases From Erwin Schrott and Randal Turner

"Hot Schrott" images from Rojotango

If you're looking for some great music you might want want to check out two new releases that we're enjoying. The first is Erwin Schrott's new CD "Rojotango," which is enjoyable from beginning to end. You can watch the sexy Uruguayan barihunk talk about this new recording in a video produced by MTV by clicking below. You can download the music at iTunes.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

Our other indulgence is American barihunk Randal Turner's new CD and DVD from his recent West Coast recital debut in San Francisco. Turner sings the music of "Living American Composers," including Glen Roven, Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie, Clint Borzoni and Julia Schwartz, who like Turner has settled in Switzerland. A little teaser: you won't want to miss the encore, which was arranged by his gifted accompanist Allen Perriello.

Click HERE to purchase the DVD

The CD is available at CD Baby and will be available on iTunes and Rhapsody shortly, so put it in your favorite searches or click the button below to purchase the CD now.

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"Hot Schrott" Has A New Website

Erwin Schrott's, who already had one of the best websites for an opera singer, has given his site an overhaul. It appears the redesign revolves around the release of his new recording "Rojotango," which will be released on April 17 at the new site. Check it out HERE.

Also, we're waiting for David Krohn's new website to launch today, as well. [UPDATE: An astute reader has pointed out that Krohn's website was scheduled for an update on March 4,, 2010, not 2011].

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