From the outset of his career, bass-baritone Edwin Crossley-Mercer proved himself an outstanding talent amongst the rising generation of French singers and he continues to make his mark, performing on the most prestigious international stages. After studying in Versailles and Berlin, he made his opera debut as Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Berlin in 2006, reprising the eponymous role in 2013 in Dijon.

This season, Edwin Crossley-Mercer sings Armide at the Opéra Comique (Hidraot), Moïse et Pharaon at the Opéra national de Lyon, Tannhäuser (Biterholf) at the Osterfestspiele Salzburg and Le Prophète (Oberthal) at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. He also gives recitals and concerts, with orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Orchestre National du Capitole Toulouse.

Recent highlights include Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte) at the Opernhaus Zurich, Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte) at the Opéra de Paris, the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Opera Vlaanderen, Dandini (La Cenerentola), Don Fernando (Fidelio), Rodomonte (Orlando Paladino), Reimann (Lear) at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) and Walter Furst (Guillaume Tell) at the Theater an der Wien.

Edwin Crossley-Mercer is also a fine singer in the French baroque repertoire and is regularly invited to take part in productions of Les Indes Galandes, Les Boréades, Platée, Castor et Pollux, Hippolyte et Aricie.

In concert, Edwin Crossley-Mercer sang under the baton of prestigious conductors and alongside prestigious orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Symphoniker, the Orchestre National de Radio France, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, etc. Recently, he sang L’Enfance du Christ and La Damnation de Faust with the Orchestre National de France under Emmanuel Krivine, the Saint Matthew Passion at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Beethoven’s Sympohny N°9 with the Ulster Orchestra.

His particular affection for oratorios and recitals has always been an essential component of his musical life. He has performed at the Carnegie Hall, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris (Die Winterreise, Die Schöne Magelone), at the “Folles Journées” in Nantes and Tokyo, in Montevideo, and in St Petersburg. He sings  Lieder and melodies in collaboration with many pianist accompanists.

Recipient of the 2007 HSBC Foundation Award and the winner of the Lili and Nadia Boulanger Voice Prize, twice nominated for the Grammy Awards, he has recorded many pieces of baroque music as well as several Nadia Boulanger melodies for Delos. He has collaborated with the American composer Michael Linton, with whom he recorded two albums, (Carmina Catulli ainsi que Songs of Oscar Wilde).

In 2021, Franz Schubert‘s Die Winterreise notably became Edwin Crossley-Mercer’s first Lieder recording.

In parallel to his singing career, Edwin is also regularly engaged to work as a composer and conductor.