Peter Hoare was born in Bradford and initially trained as a percussionist, before making his debut as a singer at Welsh National Opera.

Renowned for his versatility and his musicianship, Peter has carved his name internationally with spectacular performances of 20th-century and contemporary opera, making is Metropolitan Opera debut as Hauptmann Wozzeck followed by Shapkin From the House of the Dead. His repertoire extends to Desportes Die Soldaten, Larry King Anna Nicole and Sharikov The Dog’s Heart, with recent roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden including Mortimer Lessons in Love and Violence, Fatty Rise and Fall of Mahagonny and Dr Caius Falstaff.

On the international stage, his roles include Shapkin at the Opéra National de Paris and Théâtre de la Monnaie, Alviano Salvago in Schreker’s Die Gezeichneten at the Komische Opera Berlin and in Palermo, Sharikov A Dog’s Heart for Die Nationale Opera, Amsterdam, La Scala, English National Opera and Opéra de Lyon, Desportes Die Soldaten for Opernhaus Zürich and in David Pountney’s production at the Ruhr Triennale, the New National Theatre Tokyo and at the Lincoln Centre in New York.

Other appearances include Frère Elie in Saint François d’Assise for the Staastoper Hamburg, Witch Hänsel und Gretel in Amsterdam, Creon Thebans in Bonn and at ENO, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Lyon. More recently he sang Shapkin in Tcherniakov’s production of From the House of the Dead at La Monnaie, Mortimer Lessons in Love and Violence in Hamburg, Amsterdam and Lyon, and made his debut as Captain Vere in Annilese Miskimmon’s acclaimed production of Billy Budd for Den Norske Opera in Oslo.

Highlights of the 2022-23 season included Steuermann Der fliegende Holländer, Pong Turandot and Triquet Eugene Onegin for the Hamburgische Staatsoper, Governor Candide for Opéra de Lyon, Der Bucklige Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Hauptmann Wozzeck for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and concert performances of Mime in Wagner’s Siegfried in Munich, Hamburg and Luxembourg with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

In the 2023-24 season, Peter returns to the Royal Opera House as Spoletta Tosca, to English National Opera as Monostatos Magic Flute and to Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels as Mime Das Rheingold and Siegfried.