Peter Hoare
Representation: General Management
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 Ariadne auf Naxos, Captain Wozzeck, Vaudemont Iolanta, Tito La clemenza di Tito, Narraboth Salome, Simpleton Boris Godunov, Witch Hänsel und Gretel, Tikhon Kat’á Kabanová, Golitsyn Khovanshchina and Mal in the world premiere of James MacMillan’s The Sacrifice for Welsh National Opera; Bardolfo in Falstaff, Valzacchi Der Rosenkavalier, Goro Madama Butterfly for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Mr Upfold Albert Herring; Idomeneo and Arbace Idomeneo and Brother Elusaf in A Betrothal in a 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 Salome for Opera North, Schoolmaster The Cunning Little Vixen for Scottish Opera; Desportes Die Soldaten for the Ruhr Triennale, at the New National Theatre, Tokyo and at the Lincoln Centre in New York; Shapkin 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 The Rake’s Progress for Opéra de Lausanne and at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées; Herod Salome and Laca Jenufa for Welsh National Opera; The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for the Edinburgh Festival and Aegisthus Elektra in concert performances for Opera North. Recent engagements include Dr Caius Falstaff for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Luigi Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore for the Salzburg Festival, Captain Wozzeck for WNO and the London Philharmonia and Shapkin in his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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 the Nash Ensemble conducted by Martyn Brabbins at the Cheltenham Festival and with the orchestra of Opera North, 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, Verdi Requiem (RLPO), La Damnation de Faust and Beethoven 9th Symphony 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, Tichon Kat’a Kabanová with Carlo Rizzi and Bardolfo Falstaff with Sir Colin Davis for Chandos and Leonard Meryll Yeomen of the Guard with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera for the Telarc label.
Engagements in 2010 include Alviano Die Gezeichneten in Palermo, Mahler 8th Symphony with the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (Elder), Basilio Le Nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House, Weinberg’s The Portrait at the Bregenz Festival and Gregor The Makropulos Case and Raskatov’s A Dog’s Heart for ENO. Subsequent engagements include Monostatos Die Zäuberflöte, Turnage’s Anna Nicole and Bomelius The Tsar’s Bride at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Shapkin for Staatsoper Berlin and Rev. Adams Peter Grimes for Teatro alla Scala Milan.
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