The tenor Peter Hoare studied percussion before starting his professional singing career. Operatic highlights include Tikhon in Kat’á Kabanová (Geneva, Welsh National Opera), Shapkin in From the House of the Dead (Metropolitan Opera, New York; La Scala, Milan), Nono’s Al gran sole carico d’amore and Vitek in Vĕc Makropulos (Salzburg Festival), Desportes in Die Soldaten (New National Theatre, Tokyo; Lincoln Centre, New York), and Faust in The Damnation of Faust (English National Opera). He has an extensive concert repertoire, and Delius’s Song of the High Hills and the Master of Ceremonies in Gloriana feature among his several recordings.