At the end of a performance of Tosca in which he performed as the terrifying Scarpia, the warm Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott received a fine tribute from the Wiener Staatsoper. The leading Austrian opera house and one of the most prestigious in Europe has named him Kammersänger, an honour that rewards a fine career and many performances still to come, in Vienna (where he has already performed more than 80 times) but also elsewhere…

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