Opera Chic

Schrott Gives Up, Donates Money To Charity, Rosenblatt Drops Lawsuit

Teh drama is ovah: finally, to escape from Ian Rosenblatt's wrath, Erwin Schrott has finally settled the dispute for the cancellation of the notorious London recital last June that made Rosenblatt so mad. The shiksa-chasing Netrebko bebbe dedde agreed to make a donation to the good people over at the London-based charity COSMIC (Children of St Mary's Intensive Care), Rosenblatt dropped the lawsuit, bunnies and teddy bears for everybody.
Now, if Rosenblatt can strongarm every cancellation-prone opera singer out there to give a charity donation for every show they cancel, St. Mary's will rapidly get themselves the best pediatric intensive care facilty care in the world -- we're talking trillions of dollars.

Erwin Schrott Gets Sued For Breach Of Contract By Rosenblatt Recital Series: "Gross Unprofessionalism and Disrespect", "Cowardly".

(above: 80s nerdy <3throb Doug Llewelyn is all over this.)

Daddy-to-be of the Treb Bebbe, muscle baritone Erwin Schrott, got served by the lawyers for the Rosenblatt Recital Series, that graces London with recitals of leading artists such as our Juan Diego Florez and maestro Leo Nucci. He was supposed to appear in London's Cadogan Hall on 6/11 with Philharmonia.

For our audience to be treated with such gross unprofessionalism and disrespect by Mr Schrott, on two occasions, is something that shouldn’t be tolerated.

“This is a regrettable situation, but for the reputation of my Series I cannot allow artists, with no lawful excuse, to renege on their contractual commitments.

"In the seven years I’ve been running our recital series I have been impressed time and again by the dedication of singers to their art and their public. Singers such as Mr Schrott give opera a bad name and a reputation for not caring for the people that pay to hear them sing.

“I am disgusted by Mr Schrott’s callous disregard to his contractual obligations. His behaviour is cowardly and I can only wonder if he has the guts to appear on a London concert platform as this is the second time he’s backed out of appearing here.”

Blimey guv'nor!

Just blame it all on a fishbone, Ervino. These guys sound pretty mean.

Another piece of (free) advice from OC: next time you cancel a recital, make sure the d00dz who organize it aren't lawyers, OK?

Mighty Jessica Duchen has, as always, more.