Hans Sotin (born 10 September 1939) is a German operatic bass.
He made his operatic debut in 1962 in Essen as the Police Commissioner in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.
[1] He had a long career in which he sang most of the major bass roles in many opera houses, both in Europe and America.
[3] Sotin made numerous recordings of operatic, sacred, and symphonic works, including the Verdi Requiem, the Rossini Stabat Mater, Beethoven's Choral Symphony, Missa Solemnis and Mass in C, Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, Mozart's Mass in C minor, Haydn's Paukenmesse, and Creation, Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, and the roles of Sarastro and the Second Armed Man in two recordings of The Magic Flute, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, King Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin, and Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte.
His retirement from the stage was celebrated on 1 June 2012 at the Richard Wagner Festival in Wels.