Peter Coleman Wright

Peter Coleman-Wright

Baritone

Peter Coleman-Wright  enjoys an extensive international concert and recording schedule.

Previously for ENO: Papageno The Magic Flute, Caligula Caligula, Onegin, Don Giovanni, Scarpia, Rossini’s Figaro, baritone roles Death in Venice, Budd, Forester Vixen, Michele Tabarro, Dallapiccola’s Prisoner, Henze’s Prince of Homburg, John in Harvey’s Inquest of Love, Colin in Blake’s Plumber’s Gift.

 

Career Highlights

Notable engagements elsewhere: Falke, Belcore, Fieramosca Benvenuto Cellini Marcello (Met); Dandini, Papageno, Budd, Marcello, Ballad Singer Paul Bunyan, Don Alvaro Il viaggio a Reims, Ping, Gunther, Donner, Beckmesser (ROH); Guglielmo, Demetrius, Sid, Pizzaro (Glyndebourne); Sharpless (Opéra Bastille); Guglielmo, Count (Bordeaux); Giovanni, Count (Bayerische Staatspoper); Giovanni (Vienna Kammer Oper); Dr Faust, Schaunard, Chorebe (Netherlands Opera); Balstrode, Marcello (Geneva); Death in Venice (La Scala); Count (La Fenice); Aix-en Provence and Bregenz Festivals; Rodrigo, Sharpless, Henry End of the Affair (Houston); Sharpless (Santa Fe); Giovanni (NYCO); Giovanni, Count (Vancouver); in his native Australia: Scarpia, Macbeth, Mandryka, Giovanni, Count, Germont, Budd, Balstrode, Pizzaro, Onegin, Golaud, Sweeney Todd (Helpman Award), Harry Joy Bliss (also Edinburgh Festival).

Achievements:  He holds an Honorary Doctorate from Melbourne University and in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours List he was appointed to the Order of Australia.

Last updated: 30th November 2017