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 2023-24 season include the title role of Tristan und Isolde in debuts at both Teatro de la Maestranza led by Henrik Nánási and at Glyndebourne in performances conducted by Robin Ticciati. Concert appearances include the First Act of Die Walküre with Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Gurre-Lieder with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Tristan und Isolde in concert performances with Fabio Luisi 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.
Last season Stuart Skelton debuted at Teatro San Carlo in a new production of Tristan und Isolde under the baton of Constantin Trinks and returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper as the tortured nobleman 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, 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. 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.