“The Lysander of Peter Edge is acted and sung stylishly with Peter doing an excellent introduction to the evening before the show starts”
-Mel Cooper, PLAYS TO SEE, 2023
Shropshire-born baritone Peter Edge is a Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (2025–27) and Rising Star of Voice at the Edinburgh International Festival (2025), as well as a finalist in the 2025 London Handel Festival Singing Competition and runner-up of the London Bach Singers Prize.
He has appeared as a principal artist with many of the UK’s leading opera companies, including English National Opera, English Touring Opera, The Grange Festival, Longborough Festival Opera, Opera North, and the Royal Ballet and Opera.
Peter studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Royal College of Music with Quentin Hayes, Peter Savidge and Andrew Robinson, where he was a Draper’s Scholar and supported by the Walker Trust. Since graduating, Peter has performed a number of roles, including Barone di Trombonok Il Viaggio a Reims, Baron Douphol La Traviata, Count Almaviva and Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo Così fan tutte, Lord Mountararat Iolanthe, Keeper of the Madhouse Rake’s Progress, Ned Keene Peter Grimes and Marcello and Schaunard La Bohème.
Next season, Peter will make his Asian debut, performing Bach’s B Minor Mass and Mozart’s Requiem with the Constellation Choir and Orchestra, under the direction of Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Later in the year, Peter makes his European Operatic debut, performing the role of Nicandro in Handel’s Atalanta at the Innsbrucker Festwochen Der Alten Musik.
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Press
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Opera Review
“Peter Edge’s Dulcamara is pure theatrical gold - a swaggering, sunglasses-wearing street trader with a hint of Del Boy, he sells “Love Effect” spray and cheekily tries to flog it to the audience. His comedic timing and strong bass voice combine to steal several scenes.”
Baseless Fabric Theatre - Elixir of Love (2025)
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London Theatre 1
“Peter Edge is superb as Dulcamara: he possesses a rich baritone voice, and has a true sense of comedy”
Baseless Fabric Theatre - Elixir of Love (2025)
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The Reviews Hub
“An unmissable joy… the plot is reworked in hilarious ways, the libretto a hoot and the singing superb… Peter Edge is great as the flash salesman”
Baseless Fabric Theatre - Elixir of Love (2025)
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Robert Hugill - Planet Hugill
“Peter Edge made a wonderfully uptight Baron Duphol with a real vicious edge barely help in check”
The Grange Festival - La Traviata (2025)
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George Hall - The Stage
“There are strong contributions in the well delivered smaller roles: Peter Edge (the gauche Baron Douphol)”
The Grange Festival - La Traviata (2025)
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Mark Aspen - Theatre Critics
“Baritone Peter Edge plays Douphol as a hard man, not the usual old duffer, his wits sharp and his temper quick. Edge sings with a staccato bite, which gives an air of menace.”
The Grange Festival - La Traviata (2025)
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David Truslove - Opera Today
“…finely sung with considerable charm”
The Grange Festival - La Traviata (2025)
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Roy Westbrook - Bachtrack
“Part of a very accomplished team, Peter Edge sounded well as a topless lover.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Mike Smith - Opera Scene
“The men have opportunities to shine, including a rich baritone Lysander from Peter Edge”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Claire Seymour - Opera Today
“The passionate confusion of Peter Edge’s Lysander is mesmerisingly potent.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Colin Davison - British Theatre Guide
“Baritone Peter Edge as Lysander shines in his aria, and both he and Luke Horner’s Demetrius are in good form as they battle over confused loves.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Curtis Rogers - Classical Source
“Peter Edge and Luke Horner as the human Lysander and Demetrius are vehement contestants for Hermia, giving exacting accounts of Purcell’s music, in full control of his ebullient vocal writing, but imbuing it with personality too.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Mel Cooper - Plays To See
“The Lysander of Peter Edge is acted and sung stylishly with Peter doing a introduction to the evening before the show starts”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Anthony Bradbury - Midland's Music Review
“The Athens lover’s quartet were well matched, including Peter Edge’s Lysander (baritone), with polished blend in their various combinations.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Sam Smith - Music OMH
“There are a plethora of excellent performances from among the young cast, with Peter Edge standing out as Lysander.”
Longborough Festival Opera - The Fairy Queen (2023)
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Ron Simpson - The Reviews Hub
“....Peter Edge’s energetic and engaging Figaro is the perfect foil…”
Figaro (February 2020)
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David Winskill - Ham & High
“Peter Edge’s Count Almaviva conclusively proved there is no fool like and old fool as he roared around the stage in his mobile opium den, chasing anyone who caught his eye.”
Le Nozze di Figaro - Hampstead Garden Opera (November 2021)
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Christopher Morley - Opera Magazine
“Peter Edge was the confident personable Figaro, even able to nuance his delivery and dynamics in these conditions. [Peter] sang with clarity, wonderful purity of intonation, and exemplary Italian.”
Figaro (October 2020)