Peter Edge
Shropshire baritone Peter Edge graduated from the Royal College of Music, London, as a Master of Music in Vocal Performance with Distinction, where he was supported by the Walker Trust and tutored by Peter Savidge. Recent competition successes include winning the Chris Treglown Memorial Award and being joint winner of the 2020 John Kerr Award for English Song, as well as being runner-up in the Lesley Garrett Opera Prize and David Clover Singer’s Platform Recital Competition. Recent opera roles include Schaunard (cover) in Puccini’s La Boheme and Afron in Rimsky Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel with English Touring Opera, Le Dançaire and Chorus in Bizet’s Carmen with Longborough Festival Opera and Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with Hampstead Garden Opera. Notable performances include Peter’s debut at the BBC Proms, singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Monteverdi Choir, and Schubert’s Winterreise at Chester Music Society’s Celebrity Concerts, with pianist John Gough.