Stuart Skelton
Stuart Skelton (born January 1, 1968 in Sydney ) is an Australian opera singer with a tenor voice ( hero tenor ).
Life
education
Stuart Skelton studied in his hometown of Sydney and at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati .
Career
The repertoire of Skelton includes many challenging roles of the opera, including Richard Wagner's Lohengrin, Parsifal, Rienzi, Siegmund in Die Walküre and Erik in The Flying Dutchman to Richard Strauss ' Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten and Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos , I, Camille Saint-Saëns ' Samson in Samson et Dalila , Ludwig van Beethoven's Florestan in Fidelio and Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes in the opera of the same name.
His voice and musical prowess have taken Skelton to the leading concert and opera stages in the world, including Berlin , Hamburg , London , Madrid , Munich , Paris , Vienna , Beijing , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Tokyo , Los Angeles , New York City , San Francisco and Sydney .
He has worked with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy , Daniel Barenboim , Jiři Bèlohlavek , James Conlon , Sir Andrew Davis , Christoph von Dohnányi , Christoph Eschenbach , Asher Fisch , Mariss Jansons , Philippe Jordan , James Levine , Fabio Luisi , Lorin Maazel , Sir Charles Mackerras , Sir Simon Rattle , David Robertson , Donald Runnicles , Michael Tilson-Thomas and Simone Young and with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker , the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Los Angeles Philharmonic , the London Symphony Orchestra , the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , the Vienna Philharmonic and the Radio Symphony Orchestras in Hamburg and Frankfurt am Main as well as the symphony orchestras of Sydney, Adelaide , Melbourne , Tasmania and Western Australia .
Skelton's engagements in 2014 included his debut in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello at the English National Opera in London, the performance of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde at the Zurich Opera , and Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Hamburg Philharmonic under Simone Young and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles , Beethoven's Missa Solemnis under Philippe Jordan in the annual TV Christmas concert at La Scala in Milan and a return to his key role as Peter Grimes at the English National Opera in David Alden's acclaimed production. He was also in the title role of Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis, in concert performances of the third act of Richard Wagner's Siegfried with the Opéra national de Bordeaux under Paul Daniel and of Peter Grimes under Michael Tilson-Thomas and to be heard in concerts with Sir Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia .
In 2015 Skelton made his debut as Tristan in Tristan und Isolde with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under David Robertson. He returned to the Bavarian State Opera as Samson in Samson et Dalila and as Siegmund in Die Walküre . Other engagements in 2015 included Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, concert appearances by Peter Grimes with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Fidelio with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Leoš Janáček's Glagolitic Mass and Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler's song by the Erde with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar's The Kingdom with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest and the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Beethoven's Fidelio with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Blossom Music Festival with the Cleveland Orchestra.
In 2016 he could be heard at the Easter Festival Baden-Baden and at the English National Opera as Tristan in Tristan und Isolde and in this role opened the 2016/17 opera season of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City together with Nina Stemme , in a new production under the Directed by Sir Simon Rattle. At the Baden-Baden Summer Festival he could also be heard as Siegmund in Die Walküre .
His roles and engagements in 2017 included Lohengrin at the Opéra National de Paris , Laca Klemeň at the Bavarian State Opera and the Munich Opera Festival, Siegmund at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Beijing Music Festival, as Peter Grimes at the Bergen International Festival and at the Edinburgh International Festival, Florestan at the BBC Proms and Otello at the Bergen National Opera.
On August 1, 2019, Stuart Skelton gave a guest performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde as part of the BBC Proms summer concert series together with Claudia Mahnke , Leif Ove Andsnes and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edward Gardner .
repertoire
Opera
composer | Opera | role |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Fidelio | Florestan |
Alban Berg | Wozzeck | Drum major |
Benjamin Britten | Peter Grimes | Peter Grimes |
Benjamin Britten | The turn of the screw | prolog |
Benjamin Britten | The turn of the screw | Peter Quint |
Luigi Dallapiccola | Il prigioniero | Grand Inquisitor |
Luigi Dallapiccola | Il prigioniero | Jailer |
Antonín Dvořák | Dimitrij | Dmitrij |
Antonín Dvořák | Rusalka | The prince |
Leoš Janáček | Jenůfa | Laca |
Leoš Janáček | Káťa Kabanová | Boris |
Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci | Canio |
André Previn | A Streetcar Named Desire | Mitch |
Giacomo Puccini | Tosca | Cavaradossi |
Camille Saint-Saëns | Samson et Dalila | Samson |
Richard Strauss | Ariadne on Naxos | Bacchus |
Richard Strauss | The woman without a shadow | Emperor |
Igor Stravinsky | Oedipus Rex | Oedipus |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Queen of Spades | Hermann |
Giuseppe Verdi | Otello | Otello |
Richard Wagner | The Flying Dutchman | Erik |
Richard Wagner | Lohengrin | Lohengrin |
Richard Wagner | Parsifal | Parsifal |
Richard Wagner | Rienzi | Rienzi |
Richard Wagner | Tristan and Isolde | Tristan |
Richard Wagner | The Valkyrie | Siegmund |
Carl Maria von Weber | Euryanthe | Adolar |
Carl Maria von Weber | The Freischütz | Max |
Alexander von Zemlinsky | A Florentine tragedy | Guido |
Vocal works
composer | plant |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Missa Solemnis |
Ludwig van Beethoven | 9th symphony |
Benjamin Britten | Spring Symphony |
Benjamin Britten | Was a requiem |
Antonín Dvořák | requiem |
Edward Elgar | The Dream of Gerontius |
Edward Elgar | The Kingdom |
Leoš Janáček | Glagolitic mass |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Songs of Farewell op.14 |
Gustav Mahler | The Song of the Earth |
Gustav Mahler | The lamenting song |
Arnold Schoenberg | Gurre songs ( Waldemar ) |
Giuseppe Verdi | requiem |
Awards
- 1997: 1st prize at the international Hans Gabor Belvedere singing competition
- 2014: "Male Singer of the Year" at the International Opera Awards 2014
Discography (selection)
Studio 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: Requiem by Thierry Lancino , with the conductor Eliahu Inbal and the Orchester Philharmonique de Radio France
Live opera recordings
- 2009: Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre , with the conductor Simone Young in Hamburg
Web links
- Sound carrier by Stuart Skelton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Stuart Skelton homepage
- Stuart Skelton at Operabase (engagements and dates)
- Stuart Skelton in Discogs (English)
- “It eludes my understanding!” Stuart Skelton on opera direction and Tristan interview with Stuart Skelton
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuart Skelton Australian operative tenor. Retrieved January 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Harriet Cunningham: Singer's heroism stops short of naked roles. The Sydney Morning Herald, November 30, 2012, accessed January 30, 2018 .
- ↑ a b STUART SKELTON. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f STUART SKELTON TENOR. Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Stuart Skelton at Operabase (engagements and dates).
- ↑ Prom 18: Mahler & Britten. BBC, August 1, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ International Opera Awards Winners 2014. Accessed January 30, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Skelton, Stuart |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian opera singer in tenor (heroic tenor) voice |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st January 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |