Stuart Skelton has appeared in the world’s most celebrated opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Bavarian State Opera, La Scala Milan, Hamburg State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresden Semperoper, the Vienna State Opera and Seattle Opera. His roles have included the title roles in Lohengrin, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde), Rienzi, Parsifal, Dimitrij, Otello and Peter Grimes as well as Florestan (Fidelio), Laca (Jenufa), Erik (Der fliegende Holländer), The Kaiser (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), Max (Der Freischütz), Canio (Pagliacci), Gherman (The Queen of Spades), and Siegmund (Der Ring des Nibelungen).
Highlights of Stuart’s recent and current seasons include his debut with the Korean National Opera in a new production of Tristan und Isolde, conducted by long-time collaborator Jaap van Zweden, concert performances of Die Walküre (Act I) with the Gulbenkian Orchestra under Hannu Lintu, with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic, both under van Zweden, Wagner Gala concerts with soprano Nina Stemme and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eva Ollikainen, Tristan und Isolde with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and with the Houston Symphony. He also appeared as Tristan for the Tokyo Spring Music Festival and Glyndebourne Festival, Gurrelieder with Sir Simon Rattle in Munich, a national tour of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Siegmund (Die Walküre) for Sydney Symphony, Simone Young conducting, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Melbourne Symphony, Jaime Martin conducting.
He is in constant demand on concert stages around the world, having appeared with such orchestras as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhaus Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Orchestras of Scotland and Wales and the Symphony Orchestras of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Western Australia and Tasmania. He has also appeared at the Edinburgh and Lucerne Festivals, and in the BBC Proms.
Throughout his career Stuart has been fortunate enough to work with many acclaimed conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Karina Canellakis, Asher Fisch, Edward Gardner, Phillipe Jordan, Fabio Luisi, David Robertson, Sir Simon Rattle, Donald Runnicles, Simone Young and Jaap van Zweden.
Stuart Skelton’s recordings include Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Siegmund in Die Walküre, Peter Grimes (Grammy award for best classical recording in 2021), Korngold’s Abschiedslieder, Fried’s Verklärte Nacht, Lehar’s Fieber, and his solo album Shining Knight and Tristan und Isolde, both with The West Australian Symphony and Asher Fisch.
In 2021 Stuart was awarded the Icelandic Music Award’s Male Singer of the Year Award.