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Stuart Skelton meets Chris Addison

Opera singer Stuart Skelton meets comedian, actor and director Chris Addison.

The opera singer Stuart Skelton meets the comedian, actor and director Chris Addison.

The tenor Stuart Skelton was born in Australia, and has appeared in leading opera houses and concert halls around the world. His most notable performances include the title role in Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, and Tristan in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, with the conductor Sir Simon Rattle . He recently made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, playing Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walkure.

Chris Addison started out as a solo comedy performer and writer. He played Ollie, a hapless junior advisor, in Armando Iannucci’s political satire The Thick of It, and also appeared in the spin-off film In the Loop. He has directed numerous episodes of the Emmy award-winning comedy Veep, set in the office of the Vice President of the United States, and is familiar as a panellist on shows such as Mock the Week.

Producer: Clare Walker

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28 minutes

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Wed 31 Oct 2018 21:30

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  • Wed 31 Oct 2018 09:00
  • Wed 31 Oct 2018 21:30

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