Peter Brathwaite

British baritone Peter Brathwaite performs in operas and concerts internationally. Peter studied at the International Opera School of London's Royal College of Music and the Operastudio Vlaanderen, Ghent. He was born in Manchester and graduated with a First Class degree in Fine Art & Philosophy from Newcastle University.

Peter has performed as a soloist across Europe for companies including, La Monnaie Brussels, Opera National de Lorraine, Theatre de Caen, Nederlandse Reisopera, Opéra National de Lyon, and Danish National Opera, with performances at Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Philharmonie Luxembourg. Within the UK, Peter has sung for Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, English National Opera, Opera North, English Touring Opera and Glyndebourne on Tour.

His pioneering 'Rediscovering Black Portraiture' series, made during the Covid-19 pandemic, reimagines historical depictions of Black subjects with the help of domestic material culture. Pieces from this project were exhibited by King’s College London/Wellcome Trust in Autumn 2021. He will exhibit at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in April 2023.

His book on the series – 'Rediscovering Black Portraiture' — will be published by Getty Publications on 11th April 2023 (UK) and 30th May 2023 (US).

Peter has written for The Guardian and The Independent. A BBC Radio 3 Next Generation Voice, he authors and presents 'Discovering Black Portraiture' and 'In Their Voices' (both available on BBC Sounds), and presents features for Essential Classics and Inside Music. His documentary 'Rebel Sounds: Musical Resistance in Barbados' airs on BBC Radio 3 in January 2023.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Award.