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As he prepares for his leading role in Opera Australia's new Ring, the Australian heldentenor talks Wagner.

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Had I a pseudonym to hand, I might attempt to ghostwrite a properly newsy piece in this space, with a headline like “Homegrown Heldentenor returns for Aussie concert tour” or “From the Met to Melbourne: Skelton’s Australian concert series” or something else slightly cheesy. But you’d probably know it was me and then we’d all feel a little awkward. So instead, allow me to file this quick post under the “Shameless Plug” category as I draw to your attention that the aforementioned Homegrown Heldentenor is indeed back in Australia for a little while and singing with not one, not two, but three of your favourite symphony orchestras: Tasmania, Adelaide and Melbourne. The last of these might be particularly appealing as it pairs Beethoven’s 6th Symphony with Act I of Die Walküre, and thus offers a sort of foretaste of the Melbourne Ring next year – and at a fraction of the cost, of course! For what it’s worth, these concerts are the first time Stuart’s been back to sing in Australia since 2010, and as it turns out, they represent the three composers who pretty much define his career these days: Beethoven, Mahler and Wagner. They also involve some fabulous…

We catch up with the Australian tenor in New York for his Metropolitan Opera debut.