 Shelley's professional opera conducting debut was for Royal Danish Opera in 2008, conducting a production of "The Merry Widow".He has since led productions of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (Royal Danish Opera), Mozart's Cosi fan tutte (Opéra national de Montpellier) and Marriage of Figaro (Opera North), La Bohème (Opera Lyra)  and Louis Riel (Canadian Opera Company/ National Arts Centre).Shelley and his wife Zoe, a personal trainer and fitness model, were married in July 2011 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.