Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera

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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. [1]

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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.

   Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.
YearActorProductionCharacter(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 Lohengrin Lohengrin
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 VinkeMelbourne Ring Cycle Siegfried and The Rhinemaidens
2015
(15th)
Michael Fabiano [4] Faust Faust
Adam Diegel Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
Christopher Purves The Perfect American Walt Disney
Teddy Tahu Rhodes Don Giovanni Don Giovanni
Claudio Sgura Tosca Scarpia
2016
(16th)
Carlo Vistoli [5] Agrippina
Andrei Bondarenko The Marriage of Figaro Il Conte
Ferruccio Furlanetto Don Carlos Philip II
Yonghoon Lee Turandot Calaf
2017
(17th)
Christopher Purves [6] Saul Saul
Michael Honeyman King Roger King Roger
Yonghoon Lee Carmen Don Jose
George Petean Simon Boccanegra Boccanegra
2018
(18th)
Allan Clayton [7] Hamlet Hamlet
Kanen Breen Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic BulletsWilhelm
Ferruccio Furlanetto Don Quichotte Don Quichotte
Barry Ryan The Cunning Little Vixen Forester
2019
(19th)
Michael Honeyman [8] Wozzeck Wozzeck
Aaron Blake The Magic Flute Tamino
Michael Fabiano Werther Werther
David Hansen Artaserse Arbace
Simon LobelsonMetamorphosisGregor

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