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| birth_place = [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| birth_place = [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England
| occupation = [[Choirboy]] (former) <br>[[Opera]]tic [[tenor]]
| occupation = [[Choirboy]] (former) <br>[[Opera]]tic [[tenor]]
| known_for = Singing the main song in the animated film ''[[The Snowman]]''
| known_for = Singing the main song in the animated film ''[[The Snowman]]'', as tenor soloist on stage and on record
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==Opera singer==
==Opera singer==
Auty took the role of Camille in York Light Opera Company’s production of ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' in 1995. Subsequently, he moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he studied under Peter Alexander Wilson. At the summer performance in 1997 of Prokofiev's ''[[Betrothal in a Monastery]]'' (given as ''The Duenna''), the ''[[Opera (magazine)|Opera]]'' critic noted "another potentially Wagnerian voice, the tenor Peter Auty, a very young-looking Don Jerome; the voice has that edge of smoky colour one associates with a Siegfried, but still has to settle into its own space and breadth".<ref>Raymond Monelle. Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama at the New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow, June 28. ''Opera'', September 1997, p1126.</ref>
Auty took the role of Camille in York Light Opera Company’s production of ''The Merry Widow'' in 1995. Subsequently, he moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he studied under Peter Alexander Wilson. Auty's professional stage debut was with [[Opera North]] in 1998. With the company, he subsequently sang the roles of Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'' around 2001-2002<ref name="Operaholland">Michael Volpe & Julia Howe (Eds.). “Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino”. Opera Holland Park - Program Magazine. Season 2010: 51, 53-58. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (PDF). Web 11 June 2018. https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/operahollandpark/idoc.ashx?docid=d434c859-2965-474e-af07-33750c5d3e51&version=-1</ref> and Don José in ''[[Carmen]]'' in 2011.<ref>Wilson, Laura Kate. “Opera North...New Carmen”. Bachtrack. 4 February 2011. https://bachtrack.com/review-carmen-leeds</ref> Elsewhere in Britain, he has sung at the [[Royal Opera House]]<ref>“Peter Auty”. Pentatone. Web 12 May 2018. https://www.pentatonemusic.com/artists/peter-auty-</ref> Covent Garden (where he worked regularly from 1999 to 2002),<ref name="Operaholland"/><ref name="Alliedtenor">Ashley, Tim. “Peter Auty - Tenor”. Rayfield Allied. 2018. http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/peter-auty</ref> [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] (Rodrigo in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi's]] ''[[Otello]]''<ref>David Rendall, et. al. “Otello”. Glynnebourne. 27 July 2001. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5175</ref> and Nemorino in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti's]] ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'')<ref>Adriana Kucerova, et. al. “L’Elisir D’Amore”. Glyndebourne. 12 October 2007. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5838</ref><ref>Ainhoa Garmendina, et. al. “L’Elisir D’Amore”. Glyndebourne. 23 July 2009. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/6208</ref> and roles with [[Scottish Opera]] and [[English National Opera]]. In other parts of Europe he has appeared in many other venues such as [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt]] and [[Rouen Opera House|Rouen]].<ref name="Operaholland"/>


Auty's professional stage debut was with [[Opera North]] in 1998. With the company, he subsequently sang the roles of Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'' around 2001-2002<ref name="Operaholland">Michael Volpe & Julia Howe (Eds.). “Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino”. Opera Holland Park - Program Magazine. Season 2010: 51, 53-58. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (PDF). Web 11 June 2018. https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/operahollandpark/idoc.ashx?docid=d434c859-2965-474e-af07-33750c5d3e51&version=-1</ref> and Don José in ''[[Carmen]]'' in 2011.<ref>Wilson, Laura Kate. “Opera North...New Carmen”. Bachtrack. 4 February 2011. https://bachtrack.com/review-carmen-leeds</ref> At Covent Garden he played the Major-Domo to the Marschallin in the 2000 run of ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' under [[Christian Thielemann|Thielemann]], Michelis in the 2000 run of ''[[The Greek Passion (opera)|The Greek Passion]]'' under [[Charles Mackerras|Mackerras]], Flavio in ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'', Maintop in ''[[Billy Budd (opera)|Billy Budd]]'' and a Shepherd in ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' in 2000, Roderigo in ''[[Otello]]'', Gastone in ''[[La Traviata]]'' and Third Esquire in ''[[Parsifal]]'' in 2001, Malcolm in ''[[Macbeth (opera)|Macbeth]]'' in 2002, and Arturo in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' in 2003.<ref>[http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/SearchResults.aspx?searchtype=performance&page=0&person=Peter%20Auty Search for Peter Auty in Royal Opera House Collections website] accessed 22 February 2020.</ref>
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Auty has also performed concerts with orchestras both in his home country and abroad such as [[London Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Colin Davis|Sir Colin Davis]], [[Iceland Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]] and [[Antwerp Symphony Orchestra|Royal Flemish Philharmonic]] led by [[Edo de Waart]]<ref name="Alliedtenor"/>

Elsewhere in Britain he sang at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] (Rodrigo in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi's]] ''[[Otello]]''<ref>David Rendall, et. al. Otello. Glyndebourne. 27 July 2001. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5175</ref> and Nemorino in [[Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti's]] ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'').<ref>Adriana Kucerova, et. al. “L’Elisir D’Amore”. Glyndebourne. 12 October 2007. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5838</ref><ref>Ainhoa Garmendina, et. al. L’Elisir D’Amore. Glyndebourne. 23 July 2009. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/6208</ref> His Don José for the Glyndebourne tour was described as "beautifully sung, deeply troubled".<ref>[[Rodney Milnes]]. Carmen Glyndebourne Touring Opera at the Apollo Theatre, Oxford, December 7. ''Opera'', February 2003, p 212, 214.</ref>

There have also been roles with [[Scottish Opera]] and [[English National Opera]]. In other parts of Europe he has appeared in many other venues such as [[Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt|Frankfurt]] and [[Rouen Opera House|Rouen]].<ref name="Operaholland"/> For the ENO ''[[Rigoletto]]'' in 2006, his Duke led a reviewer to comment that his "brilliant top and equally sensitive shaping of lines made him a Duke of real distinction. On this and other recent showings, Auty is surely the finest lyric tenor in the Italian repertoire the UK has produced since the young [[Dennis O'Neill (tenor)|Dennis O'Neill]]".<ref>George Hall. Rigoletto - English National Opera at the London Coliseum, February 9. ''Opera'', April 2006, p466-67.</ref>

In 2018 he sang the "exhausting" title role in the stage premiere (and UK premiere) of Konstantin Boyarsky's ''Pushkin'' at [[Grange Park Opera]]. As the only non-Russian in the cast "Auty coped heroically with Boyarsky’s demanding vocal lines, and emphasized Pushkin’s ardour and naivety, nonchalantly delivering the many quotes (in Russian) that pepper the libretto.<ref>Peter Reed. Pushkin - Novaya Opera and Grange Park Opera at West Horsley Place, Surrey, July 11. ''Opera'', September 2018, p1155.</ref>

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Auty has also performed concerts with orchestras both in his home country and abroad such as [[London Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Colin Davis|Sir Colin Davis]], [[Iceland Symphony Orchestra]] conducted by [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]] and [[Antwerp Symphony Orchestra|Royal Flemish Philharmonic]] led by [[Edo de Waart]].<ref name="Alliedtenor">Ashley, Tim. Peter Auty - Tenor. Rayfield Allied. 2018. http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/peter-auty</ref>

==Selected Discography==
* Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89 - London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Neeme Järvi; 2009 (London Philharmonic Orchestra ‎– LPO)
* Brian: Symphony No. 1 'Gothic' - BBC forces under Brabbins; 2011 (Hyperion)
* Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (as Nemorino) - Glyndebourne Opera Maurizio Bennini (video); 2010 (Opus Arte)
* Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 - London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Neeme Järvi; 2012 (LPO)
* Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Edo de Waart; 2013 (Pentatone)
* Verdi: Rigoletto (as Borsa) - Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Edward Downes (video); 2013 (Opus Arte)
* Joubert: St. Mark Passion - Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens; 2017 (Resonus Classics)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:44, 23 February 2020

Peter Auty
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Richmond, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupation(s)Choirboy (former)
Operatic tenor
Known forSinging the main song in the animated film The Snowman, as tenor soloist on stage and on record

Peter Robert Auty (born 1969)[1] is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe.

Choirboy

Auty was a choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song of the 1982 animated film, The Snowman, but in the rush to finish the film his name was omitted from the credits until the film was remastered in 2002.[2] The composer, Howard Blake decided to re-record the song for a commercial for Toys "R" Us in 1985, but Auty's voice had broken by then. Aled Jones was chosen instead and the song became a hit single. Many people assumed that Jones was the singer in the version used in the film.[2][3][4]

Opera singer

Auty took the role of Camille in York Light Opera Company’s production of The Merry Widow in 1995. Subsequently, he moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he studied under Peter Alexander Wilson. At the summer performance in 1997 of Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery (given as The Duenna), the Opera critic noted "another potentially Wagnerian voice, the tenor Peter Auty, a very young-looking Don Jerome; the voice has that edge of smoky colour one associates with a Siegfried, but still has to settle into its own space and breadth".[5]

Auty's professional stage debut was with Opera North in 1998. With the company, he subsequently sang the roles of Rodolfo in La bohème around 2001-2002[6] and Don José in Carmen in 2011.[7] At Covent Garden he played the Major-Domo to the Marschallin in the 2000 run of Der Rosenkavalier under Thielemann, Michelis in the 2000 run of The Greek Passion under Mackerras, Flavio in Norma, Maintop in Billy Budd and a Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde in 2000, Roderigo in Otello, Gastone in La Traviata and Third Esquire in Parsifal in 2001, Malcolm in Macbeth in 2002, and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 2003.[8]

Elsewhere in Britain he sang at Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Rodrigo in Verdi's Otello[9] and Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore).[10][11] His Don José for the Glyndebourne tour was described as "beautifully sung, deeply troubled".[12]

There have also been roles with Scottish Opera and English National Opera. In other parts of Europe he has appeared in many other venues such as Frankfurt and Rouen.[6] For the ENO Rigoletto in 2006, his Duke led a reviewer to comment that his "brilliant top and equally sensitive shaping of lines made him a Duke of real distinction. On this and other recent showings, Auty is surely the finest lyric tenor in the Italian repertoire the UK has produced since the young Dennis O'Neill".[13]

In 2018 he sang the "exhausting" title role in the stage premiere (and UK premiere) of Konstantin Boyarsky's Pushkin at Grange Park Opera. As the only non-Russian in the cast "Auty coped heroically with Boyarsky’s demanding vocal lines, and emphasized Pushkin’s ardour and naivety, nonchalantly delivering the many quotes (in Russian) that pepper the libretto.[14]

Auty has also performed concerts with orchestras both in his home country and abroad such as London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Royal Flemish Philharmonic led by Edo de Waart.[15]

Selected Discography

  • Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89 - London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Neeme Järvi; 2009 (London Philharmonic Orchestra ‎– LPO)
  • Brian: Symphony No. 1 'Gothic' - BBC forces under Brabbins; 2011 (Hyperion)
  • Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (as Nemorino) - Glyndebourne Opera Maurizio Bennini (video); 2010 (Opus Arte)
  • Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 - London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Neeme Järvi; 2012 (LPO)
  • Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Edo de Waart; 2013 (Pentatone)
  • Verdi: Rigoletto (as Borsa) - Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Edward Downes (video); 2013 (Opus Arte)
  • Joubert: St. Mark Passion - Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens; 2017 (Resonus Classics)

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Snowman Singer Finds Voice At Last". BBC News. 9 December 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Julie. “Aled: Not Such a Choirboy”. Express. 26 December 2007. https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/29524/Aled-Not-such-a-choirboy
  4. ^ Ashley, Martin. “How High Should Boys Sing?” Routledge. 2009. https://books.google.com/books?id=KZAWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=anthony+way+how+high+should+boys+sing&source=bl&ots=Vb2qjX7sjR&sig=GSXnCgDI1ZsCvcF8UhTyKs2MNCg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWypvv27zbAhUCF6wKHR3wDqIQ6AEwC3oECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=anthony%20way%20how%20high%20should%20boys%20sing&f=false
  5. ^ Raymond Monelle. Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama at the New Athenaeum Theatre, Glasgow, June 28. Opera, September 1997, p1126.
  6. ^ a b Michael Volpe & Julia Howe (Eds.). “Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino”. Opera Holland Park - Program Magazine. Season 2010: 51, 53-58. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (PDF). Web 11 June 2018. https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/operahollandpark/idoc.ashx?docid=d434c859-2965-474e-af07-33750c5d3e51&version=-1
  7. ^ Wilson, Laura Kate. “Opera North...New Carmen”. Bachtrack. 4 February 2011. https://bachtrack.com/review-carmen-leeds
  8. ^ Search for Peter Auty in Royal Opera House Collections website accessed 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ David Rendall, et. al. Otello. Glyndebourne. 27 July 2001. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5175
  10. ^ Adriana Kucerova, et. al. “L’Elisir D’Amore”. Glyndebourne. 12 October 2007. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/5838
  11. ^ Ainhoa Garmendina, et. al. L’Elisir D’Amore. Glyndebourne. 23 July 2009. https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/our-archive/performance-archive/performance/6208
  12. ^ Rodney Milnes. Carmen Glyndebourne Touring Opera at the Apollo Theatre, Oxford, December 7. Opera, February 2003, p 212, 214.
  13. ^ George Hall. Rigoletto - English National Opera at the London Coliseum, February 9. Opera, April 2006, p466-67.
  14. ^ Peter Reed. Pushkin - Novaya Opera and Grange Park Opera at West Horsley Place, Surrey, July 11. Opera, September 2018, p1155.
  15. ^ Ashley, Tim. Peter Auty - Tenor. Rayfield Allied. 2018. http://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/peter-auty
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