“Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, Gounod & Meyerbeer” also represents a more than welcome diversion from the sneaky questions about Erwin Schrott’s private life – especially now the singer and his partner Anna Netrebko are expecting a baby. Even serious German publication “Das Opernglas” built their interview with Erwin Schrott around this theme, with the Bass mainly admitting that both of them also had a life of their own. A missed chance, we’d say, for when Schrott really starts talking about music, he turns into a passionate speaker, talking about the magic of an orchestra’s music surrounding you completely and the beauty of the music he is interpreting.

All the same, it appears to be a characteristic element of his personality that he remains cool in the face of the admiration flowing towards him and towards “deep” and “meaningful” questions. “What about Don Giovani?” he shrugs when asked about his preference for the role, “I don’t know... I just love to play it!” Meanwhile, he also confessed he wanted to get more involved with Leporello, because was “more real”. All of this is the stuff of the future, though. For the moment, all focus is on the album and how Erwin Schrott has ended his silence on the record market.

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