While in London last month, Stuart, along with Peter Grimes co-star Iain Paterson and ENO’s Rigoletto Quinn Kelsey, sat down with Operafocus’s Terri Knudsen for an extensive interview about the opera business. You can now listen to this interview on Operafocus.com.
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Stuart, with accompanist Richard Peirson, sings Peter Grimes’s Act I aria “Now the Great Bear and Pleiades.” Peter Grimes opens at English National Opera on January 29th and runs until February 27th.
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“It seems to have struck a chord with pretty much everyone… We are all very excited to get this thing on its feet and get that curtain up!” Stuart talks to Classical Source‘s Ben Hogwood about the English National Opera’s upcoming revival of their acclaimed Peter Grimes. Read the full interview here.
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The English National Opera has announced that it will make its first foray into cinema broadcasts, launching its ENO Screen initiative with a live broadcast of the February 23rd performance of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, starring Stuart Skelton in David Alden’s hugely acclaimed production. The broadcast will be seen across the UK and Ireland and in selected […]
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The third cycle of Opera Australia’s production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is being broadcast live on radio and online by ABC Classic FM. Die Walküre, featuring Stuart Skelton as Siegmund, Miriam Gordon-Stewart as Sieglinde, Jacqueline Dark as Fricka, Terje Stensvold as Wotan and Susan Bullock as Brünnhilde, with the Melbourne Ring Orchestra and conductor Pietari Inkinen, will be […]
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Images, video clips and reviews from Opera Australia’s Die Walküre, part of the long-awaited Melbourne Ring Cycle. |IMAGES| Limelight photo gallery |VIDEO| ABC Arts Quarter feature (includes interview with Stuart and Daniel Sumegi, who sings Fasolt and Hagen) Excerpts from Die Walküre |REVIEWS| Sydney Morning Herald (Peter McCallum) The Age (Michael Shmith) The Guardian (Andrew Clements) The Australian (Eamonn […]
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“Have sword, will travel: As he prepares for his leading role in Opera Australia’s new Ring, the Australian heldentenor talks Wagner.”
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During a busy week of performances, Stuart sat down in London to talk to Opera Britannia’s Mark Pullinger about his hectic schedule, his close relationship with the English National Opera and why he’ll never sing Siegfried. Read the full interview here.
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Reviewers in Birmingham and London have praised Stuart Skelton’s performances in not one but two major roles this week: Florestan in Fidelio at the English National Opera and the title role of Peter Grimes in concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which Skelton sang twice each on alternating nights between September 25th and 28th. “The heroic Skelton was born to […]
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Stuart will appear on Clive Anderson’s Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 on Friday September 14th. Other guests include author Lord Michael Dobbs, actress Pauline McLynn and comedian Mark Thomas, and there’s also music from Hatcham Social and Zemmy Momoh. The show will air on BBC Radio 4 at 6.15pm. It will also be repeated on BBC […]
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