Peter Hoare (tenor)
Peter Hoare (born 17 October 1961 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is a British tenor, best known for his performances on the opera stage.
Career
Peter Hoare learned music initially as a percussionist, gaining a place at the
Harrow College of Higher Education in 1986/87, and playing professionally with The Hallé and the Manchester Camerata. By then singing was beginning to take over his musical interests, and he soon joined Welsh National Opera.[1]
Although he has performed many operas from the classical canon, he has made his name with his performances of 20th-century and contemporary opera. His
Janáček's From the House of the Dead; he also played the Captain in the Met's Wozzeck,[2] and he took the lead role in Schreker's opera Die Gezeichneten at the Komische Oper Berlin. He played Michel in Martinu's opera Julietta for English National Opera (ENO);[3] and his roles in Britten's Peter Grimes and Billy Budd include both Bob Boles (La Scala) and Captain Vere, for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet (the opera's Norwegian premiere).[4] He was the talk-show host Larry King in the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Anna Nicole,[5] and created the part of Mortimer in George Benjamin's Lessons in Love and Violence,[6] both for the Royal Opera House. For the ENO, he sang Sharikov in Alexander Raskatov's A Dog's Heart.[7]
As part of the First World War commemorations, Hoare premiered Torsten Rasch's A Foreign Field, based on English and German war poetry.[8]
Recordings
Hoare has recorded several operas, including Lessons in Love and Violence, Káťa Kabanová and James MacMillan's The Sacrifice.[9] He has also recorded Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Delius' A Song of the High Hills.
References
- ^ "Peter Hoare – Hazard Chase".
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (7 March 2014). "Review: The Nearby Wozzeck Changes his Address". The New York Times.
- ^ "Julietta, English National Opera – The Arts Desk". theartsdesk.com. 18 September 2012.
- ^ "Billy Budd, Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo – striking but hollow". Financial Times. 21 January 2019.(subscription required)
- ^ "Anna Nicole, Royal Opera House, London; Die Fledermaus, Wales". The Independent. 20 February 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (11 May 2018). "Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty". The New York Times.
- ^ "A Dog's Heart, English National Opera". www.theartsdesk.com. 21 November 2010.
- ^ "A Foreign Field". 1418now.org.uk.
- ^ Christiansen, Rupert (26 January 2010). "MacMillan: The Sacrifice, review". The Daily Telegraph. London.
