Stuart Skelton

Australian operatic heldentenor (born 1968)

Stuart Skelton
Stuart Skelton in August 2013
Born	1968 (age 55–56) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Opera singer (tenor)
Website	stuartskelton.com

Stuart Skelton (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian operatic heldentenor.^[1] In 2016 he opened the Metropolitan Opera season with Nina Stemme in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.

Discography

Studio concert recordings

2008: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde, with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony
2010: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde, with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
2011: Lancino – Requiem, with conductor Eliahu Inbal and the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Naxos
2020: Peter Grimes, with conductor Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Chandos^[2]

Live opera recordings

2009: Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre, with conductor Simone Young in Hamburg, Oehms Classics

Awards

Skelton won the Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera at the 5th Helpmann Awards in 2005 for his Siegmund in Wagner's Ring Cycle at the State Opera of South Australia, and the Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera in 2010 for his title role in Peter Grimes for Opera Australia.

International Opera Awards

The International Opera Awards is an annual awards ceremony honouring excellence in opera around the world.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014^[3]	himself	Male Singer of the Year	Won

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
AIR Awards of 2020^[4]	Asher Fisch – Tristan und Isolde	Best Independent Classical Album	Nominated

References

^ "Singer's heroism stops short of naked roles" by Harriet Cunningham, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 2012
^ "Britten; Peter Grimes, Op.33". Chandos. Chandos. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Opera Awards 2014". The International Opera Awards. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
^ "2020 AIR Awards Nominees". scenestr. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.