The Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre.
Winners and nominees In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight.
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Year Actor Production Character(s) 2001(1st) Grant Smith The Eighth Wonder The Architect Jonathan Summers Simon Boccanegra Simone Boccanegra Jonathan Summers Wozzeck Wozzeck Timothy DuFore Così fan tutte Guglielmo 2002(2nd) Jonathan Summers Parsifal Amfortas Glenn Winslade Lohengrin Lohengrin Angus Wood The Gypsy Princess Count Boni Káncsiánu Bruce Martin Batavia Francisco Pelsaert 2003(3rd) Peter Rose Der Rosenkavalier Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Glen Winsdale LohengrinLohengrin Julian Gavin Andrea Chénier Andrea Chénier Michael Lewis Il trovatore Count di Luna 2004(4th) Teddy Tahu Rhodes Dead Man Walking Joseph De Rocher Dennis O'Neill Cavalleria rusticana Turiddu Dennis O'Neill Pagliacci Canio Jonathan Summers Otello Iago 2005(5th) John Wegner The Ring Cycle Wotan Peter Rose Der Rosenkavalier Baron Ochs Michael Lewis Madeline Lee The Major Peter Coleman-Wright Tosca Baron Scarpia 2006(6th) Philip Langridge Death in Venice Gustav von Aschenbach Teddy Tahu Rhodes Don Giovanni Don Giovanni David Walker Flight Refugee 2007(7th) Jonathan Summers Rigoletto Rigoletto Adam Goodburn Satyagraha Mahatma Gandhi Julian Gavin Rusalka The prince Tobias Cole Giulio Cesare Giulio Cesare 2008(8th) Teddy Tahu Rhodes Dead Man Walking Joseph De Rocher John Wegner Les Contes d'Hoffmann Miracle, Dapertutto Peter Coleman-Wright Arabella Mandryka Jonathan Summers Il trittico Luigi 2009(9th) John Wegner Billy Budd John Claggart Philip Langridge Billy Budd Captain Vere Jonathan Summers Otello Iago David Hansen The Coronation of Poppea Nerone 2010(10th) Stuart Skelton Peter Grimes Peter Grimes John Wegner Tosca Baron Scarpia John Wegner The Flying Dutchman The Dutchman Peter Coleman-Wright Bliss Harry Joy 2011(11th) John Wegner La fanciulla del West Jack Rance Peter Coleman-Wright The Marriage of Figaro Count Almaviva Teddy Tahu Rhodes Tosca Baron Scarpia John Bolton-Wood The Bear Grigory Stephanovich Smirnov 2012(12th) Anthony Dean Griffey Of Mice and Men Lenny Small Jay Hunter Morris Moby-Dick Captain Ahab Rosario La Spina Turandot Calàf Gianluca Terranova La traviata Alfredo Germont 2013(13th) John Wegner Salome John the Baptist Dmytro Popov Carmen Don José Giorgio Caoduro Lucia di Lammermoor Lord Enrico Ashton Byron Watson Midnight Son Ray 2014(14th) Terje Stensvold Melbourne Ring Cycle Wotan/ The Wanderer Yonghoon Lee Tosca Mario Cavaradossi Riccardo Massi La Forza del Destino Don Alvaro Barry Ryan Nixon in China Richard Nixon Stefan Vinke Melbourne Ring Cycle Siegfried and The Rhinemaidens2015(15th)Michael FabianoFaustFaustAdam DiegelMadama ButterflyPinkertonChristopher PurvesThe Perfect AmericanWalt DisneyTeddy Tahu RhodesDon GiovanniDon GiovanniClaudio SguraToscaScarpia2016(16th)Carlo VistoliAgrippinaAndrei BondarenkoThe Marriage of FigaroIl ConteFerruccio FurlanettoDon CarlosPhilip IIYonghoon LeeTurandotCalaf2017(17th)Christopher PurvesSaulSaulMichael HoneymanKing RogerKing RogerYonghoon LeeCarmenDon JoseGeorge PeteanSimon BoccanegraBoccanegra2018(18th)Allan ClaytonHamletHamletKanen BreenBlack Rider: The Casting of the Magic BulletsWilhelmFerruccio FurlanettoDon QuichotteDon QuichotteBarry RyanThe Cunning Little VixenForester2019(19th)Michael HoneymanWozzeckWozzeckAaron BlakeThe Magic FluteTaminoMichael FabianoWertherWertherDavid HansenArtaserseArbaceSimon LobelsonMetamorphosisGregor
References
External links Official Helpmann Awards website