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Peter Grant

Biography
taken from Buxton concert "Sullivan and his
Satellites", 2005
PETER GRANT
bass-baritone was born and educated in Edinburgh. In 1994 he won a
place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where he
studied with Adrian Thompson. While at the Guildhall his studies
were generously supported by the Sir James Caird Travelling
Scholarship Trust. Peter won the 1998 Mary Garden International Song
Competition in Aberdeen, the Sir Frederick George Painter Prize and
the Wilfred Hyde Memorial Prize while at the Guildhall. Since
leaving the Guildhall in 2000 Peter’s operatic repertoire has
included Papageno (The Magic Flute), Father Truelove (The Rake’s
Progress), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Marquis D’Obigny (La Traviata),
Frank (Die Fledermaus) and Peter Quince (A Midsummer Night’s
Dream) for English Touring Opera, Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte) Mary
Garden Opera Aberdeen, Colline (La Bohème) for Clonter Opera,
Ernesto (La Gazza Ladra) for Garsington Opera, Dick Deadeye (H.M.S.
Pinafore) for Carl Rosa Opera Company and Leporello (Don Giovanni)
for Opera Holland Park. Peter also has a busy oratorio career and
recent engagements have included Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s
Elijah, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Rossini’s
Stabat
Mater. Peter has also recently collaborated with the Scottish Tenor
Elliot Goldie in performing Scottish Traditional Song to wide
acclaim across Scotland.
Performing
Credits:
| Year |
Part |
Show |
| 1994 |
The
Pirate King
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Pirates
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