“His voice has excellent focus, is richly hued, and deployed with great musicality, sensitivity, and rhythmic surety.”
Michael Halliwell, Australian Book Review, 3rd October 2022

Australian-Maltese tenor Brenton Spiteri holds a double Bachelor in Arts and Music (Hons.) from the University in Melbourne, and is also a graduate of the opera course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.

Brenton has been the recipient of a Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship from the Australia Council, as well as numerous other awards, including first prize in the Herald Sun Aria Competition. 

In 2025, he held the Melba Opera Trust’s MJ Gething Alumni Grant, and sang Tebaldo (I Capuleti e I Montecchi) for English Touring Opera. He also produced and led the cast of TESTAMENT, featuring music by Jánaček, Larsen and Monteverdi, as part of Grimeborn Festival, in association with Green Opera. He was awarded the London Fringe Theatre Award for Outstanding Opera Performance for his work on TESTAMENT.

His engagements in 2024 included Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress) and Edmondo (Manon Lescaut) for English Touring Opera, Almaviva (The Barber of Seville) for Waterperry Opera and the title character in The Diary of One Who Disappeared for Brisbane Music Festival/Victorian Opera, as well as numerous recitals for Opera Prelude.

Other performed roles include Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), Beppe (Rita), Almaviva (The Barber of Seville) and Telemaco (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria), among others. He is previously a member of the studio at Opéra de Lyon, where his roles included Soldato/Mercurio (L’incoronazione di Poppea) and Trac (Le Roi Carotte).

He is a renowned interpreter of contemporary Australian work, with his most significant role creations to date including Ashley Crowther (Fly Away Peter) and Oscar Hopkins (Oscar and Lucinda), both for Sydney Chamber Opera.

Also a passionate song recitalist, he gives frequent recital performances in the UK and Australia. Performed works include Schubert’s Winterreise and Die Schöne Müllerin cycles, Britten’s Canticles (I-V), Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and Les Illuminations, and Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, among numerous others.

Brenton’s career has been generously supported by the Amar-Franses and Foster-Jenkins Trust, Melba Opera Trust, Australia Council, Ian Potter Cultural Trust and Opera Prelude.