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 in leading roles throughout the great opera houses of the world include appearances at the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and the Opernhaus Zürich among many others.  The tenor is sought after by the leading conductors of our day including Edward Gardner, Susanna Mälkki, Sir Simon Rattle, Simone Young, and Jaap van Zweden among others.

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, and Die Walküre with the Sydney Symphony under the baton of Simone Young and 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.

Recent operatic highlights include Tristan und Isolde for his debuts at

Teatro San Carlo and at Glyndebourne, the title roles of Parsifal, Peter Grimes, and Tristan und Isolde at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Beethoven’s Fidelio at Teatro alla Scala conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, and the title role of Lohengrin at the Opéra national de Paris led by Philippe Jordan.

Stuart Skelton’s robust concert calendar has included performances with Sir Andrew Davis and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen and The MET Orchestra, with Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,  Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,  and with Sir Antonio Pappano and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

A critically acclaimed recording catalogue spans from Elgar to Stravinsky and Beethoven to Mahler. He has contributed to four recordings of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen: with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra led by Jaap van Zweden, with the Philharmoniker Hamburg and Simone Young, and with Seattle Opera and the State Opera of South Australia both under the baton of Asher Fisch.