Meet WNO

Peter Brathwaite

Manchester-born baritone Peter Brathwaite studied at Newcastle University, Royal College of Music International Opera School, and Flanders Operastudio. As well as performing in the UK and internationally, Peter writes and presents for BBC Radio 3. His first book will be published by Getty Publications in 2023.

Recent engagements: World premieres of Ann Cleare’s The Little Lives (Munich Biennale); Kris Defoort’s The Time of Our Singing (La Monnaie, Brussels); Little Bulb’s Wolf Witch Giant Fairy (Royal Opera House - winner of an Olivier Award); Hannah Kendall’s The Knife of Dawn, Jules Maxwell’s The Lost Thing (Royal Opera House)