Peter Hoare

Peter Hoare was born in Bradford and initially trained as a percussionist, before making his debut as a singer at Welsh National Opera where his many roles include Herod in Strauss’s Salome, Mal in MacMillan’s The Sacrifice (world premiere), Alwa in Berg’s Lulu, The Jailer/Grand Inquisitor in Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero and The Magician/Nika Magdoff in Menotti’s The Consul. Also a regular at English National Opera, Hoare’s roles here include Laca in Janáček’s Jenůfa, Zinovy in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Faust in Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Hermann in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades and Orpheus Man in Birtwhistle’s The Mask of Orpheus. Other UK appearances include Boris in Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová for Opera Holland Park and title role in Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr. Brouček and Laca for Grange Park Opera. During the curtailed 2020/21 season, Hoare performed Frederic in Alex Woolf/David Pountney’s A Feast of Time and Plague for Grange Park Opera, the only new opera to have been commissioned during the Covid-19 pandemic.

On the international stage, roles include Matěj Brouček for the Staatsoper unter den Linden, Mime in Wagner’s Siegfried for La Monnaie, Herodes for the Staatsoper Hamburg, Hauptmann at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Shapkin for the Opéra National de Paris and La Monnaie, Alviano Salvago in Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten for the Komische Opera Berlin and in Palermo, Sharikov for Dutch National Opera, Teatro alla Scala, English National Opera and Opéra de Lyon, Desportes for Opernhaus Zürich and in David Pountney’s production at the Ruhr Triennale, at the New National Theatre Tokyo and at the Lincoln Center in New York. Other appearances include Mortimer for Hamburg State Opera, Dutch National Opera and Opéra de Lyon, and his debut as Captain Vere in Annilese Miskimmon’s acclaimed production of Billy Budd for Den Norske Opera in Oslo. He has also sung Gamekeeper in Dvořák’s Rusalka for Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Frère Elie in Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise for the Staastoper Hamburg, Witch in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel for Dutch National Opera, Creon in Anderson’s Thebans at Theater Bonn and for English National Opera, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for Opéra de Lyon.

On the concert platform, Hoare has appeared with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in performances of Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins and Das Berliner Requiem in the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of John Adams’s The Gospel According to the Other Mary, recorded as part of the orchestra’s multi-disc box set ‘The John Adams Edition’. He has performed Zinovy in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons at Boston’s Symphony Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall. Recent appearances with Sir Simon Rattle include The Excursions of Mr. Brouček with the London Symphony Orchestra (2025), Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder (2024) and Mime in Siegfried (2023) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. He has sung Piet le Pot in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre at Bucharest’s Enescu Festival with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arnaud Arbet and in a co-production with the London Symphony Orchestra. He appeared at the 2017 BBC Proms singing Gurrelieder with the London Symphony Orchestra, and at the 2016 Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time. Further performances include Britten’s Nocturne with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Das Lied von der Erde with Daniel Harding and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, 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, Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, La Damnation de Faust and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Bochumer Symphoniker, Elgar’s Spirit of England and La Damnation de Faust at the Three Choirs Festival, Mahler’s 8th Symphony with Sir Mark Elder and the BBC Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras, and performances of Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle.

Hoare’s discography includes Wagner’s Siegfried with Sir Simon Rattle and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on BR Klassik; Delius’s Song of the High Hills and Master of Ceremonies in Britten’s Gloriana conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras for Decca Records; Tichon in Káťa Kabanová with Carlo Rizzi, and Bardolfo in Falstaff with Sir Colin Davis for Chandos; and Leonard Meryll’s Yeomen of the Guard with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera on the Telarc label.

In 2025/26, Hoare makes two returns to The Royal Ballet & Opera, Covent Garden, as Vitek in a new production of The Makropulos Case directed by Katie Mitchell and conducted by Jakub Hrůša, and as Mime in Barrie Kosky’s production of Siegfried conducted by Antonio Pappano. He also makes his house debut at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Howard in a new production of Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, directed by Daniel Kramer and conducted by Titus Engel. Concert highlights include performances of Vitek at London’s Barbican Centre with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and Hauptmann in semi-staged performances of Wozzeck at London’s Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner.

2025/26 season / 998 words. Not to be altered without permission.