Peter Lidbetter - Bass

Peter Lidbetter is a British/Irish lyric bass from London. 2023 opera engagements included Haly (L’italiana in Algeri) and Simone (Gianni Schicchi), both with Wexford Festival Opera; and Don Basilio (il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Kecal (The Bartered Bride) both covers with Garsington Festival Opera. He is also a principal guest artist with Edvard Grieg Korene in Bergen Norway. Peter holds an MMus and PGdip in vocal performance from the Royal Northern College of Music (both with distinction), where he won the Elizabeth Harwood Memorial Award for graduating singers and the Brigitte Fassbaender Award for Lieder, and was a finalist in the Gold-Medal competition for all students.

Peter studied music at the University of Cambridge and was a choral scholar and, later, lay-clerk at St John’s College. His teacher is Nicholas Powell.