Stuart Skelton is one of the finest heldentenors on the stage today, critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty, and intensely dramatic portrayals. His repertoire encompasses many of opera’s most challenging roles, from Wagner's Parsifal, Tristan, Lohengrin, Erik, and Siegmund to Beethoven’s Florestan, and Saint-Saëns’ Samson to Britten’s Peter Grimes.
Performances of the 2022-23 season include the title role of Tristan und Isolde for a debut at Teatro San Carlo under the baton of Constantin Trinks and in a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper led by Juraj Valcuha. A varied international concert schedule includes Act Two of Tristan und Isolde with Susanna Mälkki leading the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Act One of Die Walküre with Jaap van Zweden and the Concertbegouworkest, the title role in concert performances of Parsifal with Edward Gardner leading the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and the world premiere of Iain Bell’s Beowulf, commissioned for the tenor, in performances at The Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Martyn Brabbins.
The 2021-22 season included no less than three title roles at the Bayerische Staatsoper: Parsifal in a production by Pierre Audi led by Marek Janowski; Peter Grimes directed by Stefan Herheim and conducted by Edward Gardner; and Tristan und Isolde directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski with Lothar Koenigs on the podium. With the Wiener Staatsoper, Stuart Skelton joined Philippe Jordan for a Wagner Gala under the auspices of the Musikverein für Steiermark, Graz and bowed on the main stage as Siegmund in Die Walküre conducted by Axel Kober. The tenor’s vibrant concert schedule included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Eva Ollikainen and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Liszt’s “Faust Symphony” with Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Act One of Die Walküre with Jaap van Zweden and the Orchestre de Paris, and the iconic Last Night of the Proms at The Royal Albert Hall with Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
