Scheduled for Siegmund in cycle 1, Stuart Skelton steps in for Kaufmann in cycle 3 of The Ring at the Metropolitan Opera. And this is between performances of Fliegende Hollander at the ENO in London. Now here is an interview.
He talks about being called a "young Heldentenor." He doesn't like it. But.... He is a Heldentenor. Surely he doesn't doubt this. And for a Heldentenor 43 is young. If he were a lyric tenor, he would need to already have his shit pretty well together. I'd say he was working into it quite nicely.
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I guess maybe the article is a bit ambiguous, but he's not talking about being called a young Heldentenor himself. He's talking about young singers - students in masterclasses, for instance - who describe themselves as "young heldentenors" at a point which he considers too early for such classification. There's no question that he considers himself a Heldentenor.
In that case I'm very glad I mentioned it, because I didn't get it at all when I read the article. If that's what he meant, I completely agree. Thanks for the clarification.
In my own defense I must say that in an interview the interviewee is normally talking about himself.
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