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Adrian Eröd
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GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
"If there were a Nestroy Prize for the best voice actor, it would surely go to Adrian Eröd."
- Karl Löbl
"Adrian Eröd is a veritable luxury cast as the music teacher."
- Susanne Zobl | Kurier
Austrian baritone Adrian Eröd has been a firm favourite for many years among audiences and the press alike at the Vienna State Opera, showcasing his versatility in a variety of roles, be it as Prospero in Thomas Adès' The Tempest, as the music teacher in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos or as Sixtus Beckmesser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, with which he has also appeared in Bayreuth, Zurich, Cologne, Leipzig, Tokyo, Amsterdam and - under the direction of Christian Thielemann - in Dresden and at the Salzburg Easter Festival.
His portrayal of Loge in the Vienna production of Wagner's Das Rheingold caused an international sensation, while he also celebrated success as Shylock in the world premiere of André Tchaikovsky's The Merchant of Venice at the Bregenz Festival and made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Faninal in Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier in Harry Kupfer's production.
Since his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Mercutio in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Adrian Eröd has sung roles such as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Billy Budd, Pelléas, Valentin (Faust), Albert (Werther), Frank/Fritz (Die tote Stadt), Olivier and Count (Capriccio), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), the lead male role of Jason in the world premiere of Aribert Reimann's Medea, composed specifically for him, and Prospero in the Austrian premiere of Thomas Adès' The Tempest under the direction of the composer himself. In addition to the Vienna State Opera, he appeared at the Semperoper in Dresden, Berlin State Opera, La Scala in Milan and the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Opéra de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Houston Grand Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera and the Tokyo National Opera.
Parallel to his opera career, Adrian Eröd has achieved great success on the concert stage. He has appeared with Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, with notable performances including Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony under Christian Thielemann, Orff’s Carmina Burana under Fabio Luisi and Alain Altinoglu, Brahms’ German Requiem under Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla and Helmut Rilling, with Bach’s St. John Passion under Philippe Jordan, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony under Andris Nelsons, Fauré’s Requiem with Myung-Whun Chung and Mendelssohn’s Elijah under Marek Janowski. Additional appearances have included engagements at the Suntory Hall Tokyo, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Philharmonie in Berlin, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Mozartwoche, and the Styriarte Festival in Graz.
As a devoted lied singer, Adrian Eröd has appeared at venues including the Vienna and Graz Musikverein, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, the Liszt Centre Raiding, the Tokyo Spring Festival and the Carinthian Summer festival. His recordings include songs by Franz Liszt and Schubert's Winterreise, while his most recent solo album entitled "Berührungspunkte" (Points of Contact) was recently released on the Quinton Records label, featuring works by Mozart and Schubert as well as songs by Egon Wellesz and Aribert Reimann.
Adrian Eröd is an Austrian Kammersänger and takes over the role of Artistic Director of the Opera Studio at the Vienna State Opera as of the 2026-2027 season.
2025 | 2026
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DISCOGRAPHY
Orff: Carmina Burana
Jodie Devos, Levy Sekgapane, Adrian Eröd
Kinderchor des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz & Philharmonischer Chor München
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Label: Münchner Philharmoniker | June 2025
Berührungspunkte
Selection of songs by Egon Wellesz, W. A. Mozart and more
Adrian Eröd, Baritone
Christoph Traxler, Historischer Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano
Recording director: Jean-Christophe Kummer
Sound engineer: Andreas Rathammer
Label: Quinton Records | 2024
Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis
CD
Juliana Zara, Christel Loetzsch, Johannes Chum, Adrian Eröd, Lars Woldt, Tareq Nazmi
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
conductor: Patrick Hahn
Label : BR Klassik | 2022
Engelbert Humperdick: Hänsel und Gretel
DVD
Adrian Eröd, Janina Baechle, Daniela Sindram, Ileana Tonca, Michaela Schuster, Annika Gerhards, Annika Gerhards
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Adrian Noble
Label: EuroArts | 2016
CALENDAR
Olga Bezsmertna, soprano
Adrian Eröd, baritone
Matthias Goerne, bass
Andrzej Seweryn, Narrator/Evangelist
Basem Akiki, conductor
Barbara Wiśniewska, director
Marcin Cecko, dramaturgy
Magdalena Musiał, set designer
Emil Wysocki, costume designer
Bartek Macias, multimedia
Sinfonia Varsovia
Polski Chór Kameralny Schola Cantorum Gedanensis
Chór Filharmonii Łódzkiej
Media Choir
Chór dziecięcy Ogólnokształcącej Szkoły Muzycznej im. F. Nowowiejskiego w Gdańsku
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog
Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog
Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog
Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog
Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
