Stuart Skelton is one of the finest heldentenors on the stage today, critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty, and intensely dramatic portrayals. Performances of the 2024-25 season include the title role of Tristan und Isolde with Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie and in a Philadelphia Orchestra debut under the baton of Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the title role of Parsifal and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Marek Janowski leading the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Die Walküre with the Sydney Symphony under the baton of Simone Young, and the First Act of Die Walküre at Teatro Comunale Bologna with Oksana Lyniv on the podium. Additional highlights of the season include the Second Act of Tristan und Isolde with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Fabio Luisi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Kent Nagano and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, with Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the Orchestre National de Lyon, and with Marin Alsop and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. During the last season Stuart Skelton made his debuts in the title role of Tristan und Isolde at both Teatro de la Maestranza led by Henrik Nánási and at Glyndebourne in performances conducted by Robin Ticciati. Concert appearances included the First Act of Die Walküre with Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Tristan und Isolde in concert performances with Marek Janowski and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, and an extensive tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra offering his native country the Schoenberg arrangement of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. Recent operatic highlights include a debut at Teatro San Carlo in a new production of Tristan und Isolde under the baton of Constantin Trinks as well as performances as the tortured nobleman at the Bayerische Staatsoper in two distinct series of performances led by Juraj Valčuha and by Lothar Koenigs. A varied international concert schedule included 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, and the title role in concert performances of Parsifal with Edward Gardner leading the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recent seasons have encompassed multiple engagements at the Bayerische Staatsoper including Parsifal in a production by Pierre Audi led by Marek Janowski and Peter Grimes directed by Stefan Herheim and conducted by Edward Gardner. 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. He has sung the title role of Tristan und Isolde at the Festival d’Aix en Provence and Laca Klemen in a new production of Jenůfa at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, both conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Stuart Skelton has sung Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio at Teatro alla Scala conducted by Myung-Whun Chung in a production directed by Deborah Warner, the title role of Otello at the Metropolitan Opera conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in a new production by Robert Wilson with Zubin Mehta conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker, Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris led by Philippe Jordan, Die Walküre at the Deutsche Oper Berlin under the baton of Donald Runnicles and at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden with Valery Gergiev leading the Mariinsky Orchestra, Jenůfa with the Bayerische Staatsoper conducted by TomášHanus, Parsifal at the Opernhaus Zürich conducted by Daniele Gatti, Samson et Dalila at the Ópera National de Bordeaux, and Wozzeck for a Metropolitan Opera debut conducted by James Levine. Internationally renowned for his performances of Peter Grimes, he has sung the title role at English National Opera, Opera Australia, Opera de Oviedo, Tokyo’s New National Theatre, and in concert with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski, with David Robertson and the Sydney Symphony, with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas, and with Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic at the BBC Proms and Edinburgh Festival.