Adrian Eröd

Adrian Eröd (Hungarian: Erőd Adrián) (born 1970) is an Austrian operatic baritone. He is the son of composer Iván Erőd.

After his studies with Walter Berry and Franz Lukasovsky at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Adrian successfully participated in several competitions. He won the George London scholarship, and 1998 he was awarded the Eberhard-Wächter-Medal for his interpretations of the title role in Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd and of Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro.

Since 2003, Adrian Eröd is employed at Wiener Staatsoper, where he debuted in 2001 as Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette. His roles at the Wiener Staatsoper includes Papageno (The Magic Flute), Beckmesser (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Marcello (La Bohème), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Lescaut (Manon by Massenet and Manon Lescaut by Puccini), Paolo (Simon Boccanegra), Don Giulio Gesualdo (Gesualdo), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Albert (Werther) and De Siriex (Fedora). In spring 2009 he received dazzling reviews for his interpretation of the role of Loge in Das Rheingold, a part usually sung by a tenor.