"Possessor of a strikingly beautiful voice" and "Completely commanding on stage" are but two of the powerful phrases used by critics and writers to describe the voice and stage talents of Charles Robert Austin.

Internationally acclaimed as a rising Wagnerian Bass-Baritone, Mr. Austin has sung the role of King Mark in Tristan und Isolde (Teatro de la Opera San Juan, Virginia Opera, Tokyo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra), Viet Pogner and Hermann Ortel in Die Meistersinger (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival), Daland in Der Fliegende Hollander (Opera Pacific), Klingsor in Parsifal (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra), King Henry the Fowler in Lohengrin (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) Wotan in Die Walkure ( Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and cover for the Metropolitan Opera ) and Hunding in Die Walküre (Virginia Opera)