Peter Hoare
Peter Hoare was born in Bradford and studied percussion at the Huddersfield School of Music. Following several years as a freelance percussionist, Peter commenced his professional singing career in 1992.
Operatic roles include Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, Captain in Wozzeck, Vaudemont in Iolanta, Tito in La clemenza di Tito, Narraboth in Salome, Simpleton in Boris Godunov, Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, Tikhon in Kat’á Kabanová and Golitsyn Khovanshchina for Welsh National Opera; Bardolfo in Falstaff, Valzacchi in Der Rosenkavalier, Goro in Madama Butterfly for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Mr Upfold in Albert Herring; Idomeneo and Arbace in Idomeneo and Brother Elusaf in A Betrothal in the Monastery for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Arbace for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in Berlin, Lucerne, and at the Salzburg Festival, Herod in Salome for Opera North, Schoolmaster in The Cunning Little Vixen for Scottish Opera; Desportes in Die Soldaten for Kultur Ruhr, Shapkin in From the House of the Dead at the Wiener Festwochen, the Holland Festival, and the Aix en Provence Festival, Tikhon for Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bardolfo with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis, Sellem in The Rake’s Progress for Opéra de Lausanne; Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro and Sellem at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Concert engagements include Das Lied von der Erde with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding; the Royal Flemish Philharmonic conducted by Daniele Callegari in Brussels and Antwerp and the Nash Ensemble conducted by Martyn Brabbins at the Cheltenham Festival, Tippett’s A Child of our Time with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz, Berlioz Romeo et Juliette with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Janacek’s The Diary of One who Disappeared and Elliot Carter’s In sleep in thunder with Contrechamps in Geneva and at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Bochumer Symphoniker, Romeo et Juliette with the Bochumer Symphoniker, Judas Maccabaeus recorded for Anglia Television, La Damnation de Faust and Beethoven Symphony No 9 with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland).
Recordings include Delius' Song of the High Hills and Master of Ceremonies in Britten's Gloriana conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras for Decca Records and Leonard Meryll Yeomen of the Guard with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera for the Telarc label.
Engagements in 2007/2008 include Mal in the world premiere of James MacMillan’s The Sacrifice, Herod Salome and Laca Jenufa for Welsh National Opera, Sellem and Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Desportes Die Soldaten at the Ruhr Triennale and at the New National Theatre, Tokyo and Das Lied von der Erde for Opera North. Subsequent engagements include Shapkin for Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
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