Helpmann Award for Best Male Performer in an Opera

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=haabout |title=Helpmann Awards – About |accessdate=31 December 2012 |publisher=Helpmann Awards, Live Performance Australia (LPA) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112191332/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=haabout |archivedate=12 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

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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Source:{{cite news|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=nominees |title=Nominees |accessdate=2011-10-03 |publisher=Helpmann Awards, Live Performance Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092032/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=nominees |archivedate=6 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com/2001nominees.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030717140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24614/20030718-0000/www.helpmannawards.com/2001nominees.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2003|title=Australian Web Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees|publisher=Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Australian Web Archive |accessdate=4 October 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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! width="5%" | Year

! width="15%" | Actor

! width="30%" | Production

! width="30%" | Character(s)

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2001
(1st)

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| Grant Smith

| The Eighth Wonder

| The Architect

| Wozzeck

| Wozzeck

Timothy DuFore

| Così fan tutte

| Guglielmo

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2002
(2nd)

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| Jonathan Summers

| Parsifal

| Amfortas

Glenn Winslade

| Lohengrin

| Lohengrin

Angus Wood

| The Gypsy Princess

| Count Boni Káncsiánu

Bruce Martin

| Batavia

| Francisco Pelsaert

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2003
(3rd)

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| Peter Rose

| Der Rosenkavalier

| Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau

Glenn Winslade

| Glen Winsdale

| Lohengrin

|Lohengrin

Julian Gavin

| Andrea Chénier

| Andrea Chénier

Michael Lewis

| Il trovatore

| Count di Luna

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2004
(4th)

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| Teddy Tahu Rhodes

| Dead Man Walking

| Joseph De Rocher

Dennis O'Neill

| Cavalleria rusticana

| Turiddu

Dennis O'Neill

| Pagliacci

| Canio

Jonathan Summers

| Otello

| Iago

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2005
(5th)

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| John Wegner

| The Ring Cycle

| Wotan

Peter Rose

| Der Rosenkavalier

| Baron Ochs

Michael Lewis

| Madeline Lee

| The Major

Peter Coleman-Wright

| Tosca

| Baron Scarpia

rowspan="4" align="center" | 2006
(6th)

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| Philip Langridge

| Death in Venice

| Gustav von Aschenbach

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

| Don Giovanni

| Don Giovanni

David Walker

| Flight

| Refugee

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2007
(7th)

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| Jonathan Summers

| Rigoletto

| Rigoletto

Adam Goodburn

| Satyagraha

| Mahatma Gandhi

Julian Gavin

| Rusalka

| The prince

Tobias Cole

| Giulio Cesare

| Giulio Cesare

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2008
(8th)

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| 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

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2009
(9th)

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| John Wegner

| Billy Budd

| John Claggart

Philip Langridge

| Billy Budd

| Captain Vere

Jonathan Summers

| Otello

| Iago

David Hansen

| The Coronation of Poppea

| Nerone

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2010
(10th)

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| Stuart Skelton

| Peter Grimes

| Peter Grimes

John Wegner

| Tosca

| Baron Scarpia

John Wegner

| The Flying Dutchman

| The Dutchman

Peter Coleman-Wright

| Bliss

| Harry Joy

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2011
(11th)

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| 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

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2012
(12th)

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| 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

rowspan="5" align="center" | 2013
(13th)

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| John Wegner

| Salome

| John the Baptist

Dmytro Popov

| Carmen

| Don José

Giorgio Caoduro

| Lucia di Lammermoor

| Lord Enrico Ashton

Byron Watson

| Midnight Son

| Ray

rowspan="6" align="center" | 2014
(14th)

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| 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 Rhinemaidens

rowspan="6" align="center" |2015
(15th)

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|Michael Fabiano{{Cite web|title=2015 Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2015/nominees-and-winners/opera-classical-music/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Helpmann Awards}}

|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

rowspan="5" align="center" |2016
(16th)

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|Carlo Vistoli{{Cite web|title=2016 Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2016/nominees-and-winners/opera-classical-music/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Helpmann Awards}}

|Agrippina

Andrei Bondarenko

|The Marriage of Figaro

|Il Conte

Ferruccio Furlanetto

|Don Carlos

|Philip II

Yonghoon Lee

|Turandot

|Calaf

rowspan="5" align="center" |2017
(17th)

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|Christopher Purves{{Cite web|title=2017 Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2017/nominees-and-winners/opera-classical-music/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Helpmann Awards}}

|Saul

|Saul

Michael Honeyman

|King Roger

|King Roger

Yonghoon Lee

|Carmen

|Don Jose

George Petean

|Simon Boccanegra

|Boccanegra

rowspan="5" align="center" |2018
(18th)

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|Allan Clayton{{Cite web|title=2018 Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2018/nominees-and-winners/opera-classical-music/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Helpmann Awards}}

|Hamlet

|Hamlet

Kanen Breen

|Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

|Wilhelm

Ferruccio Furlanetto

|Don Quichotte

|Don Quichotte

Barry Ryan

|The Cunning Little Vixen

|Forester

rowspan="6" align="center" |2019
(19th)

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|Michael Honeyman{{Cite web|title=2019 Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2019/nominees-and-winners/opera-classical-music/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=Helpmann Awards}}

|Wozzeck

|Wozzeck

Aaron Blake

|The Magic Flute

|Tamino

Michael Fabiano

|Werther

|Werther

David Hansen

|Artaserse

|Arbace

Simon Lobelson