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  Peter Auty    (b. 1969) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty received his musical training in the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, which he joined shortly after his 8th birthday. Before he left, aged 13½, he had become Senior Chorister and sang in many special services. He made a number of recordings with the Cathedral Choir, including the gold-winning LP "Rejoice" which was later released on CD. He was one of the lead singers on the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's recording of greatest hits of the pop group "Police". This LP was entitled "Arrested" and Peter's contribution, "Walking on the Moon" was later released as a single.

His best known solo performance, however, was undoubtedly in 1982 when he recorded "Walking in the Air" for Howard Blake's soundtrack to The Snowman, a highly successful animated film directed by Dianne Jackson and based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Peter was invited to sing the role at the Barbican Theatre with Bernard Cribbins and an LP was made as well as a single of Peter's song.

For a while during the early eighties, Peter's voice was a household sound when he sang for a British Rail television commercial: "This is the Age of the Train"!

He was a songman at Bristol Cathedral and York Minster before studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Peter Alexander Wilson. In 1987 he emerged as an operatic tenor with the National Opera Studio and made his debut with British Youth Opera as Tom Rakewell (Rake's Progress) returning as Rodolfo (La Boheme) in 1998. For Opera North he has sung Remendado (Carmen), Jenik (The Bartered Bride) and Rodolfo (La Boheme). Peter has sung Malcolm (Macbeth) for Opera Zuid and for the Glyndebourne Festival. For Mid Wales Opera and for Opera de Massy he has sung the title role in Gounod's Faust.

For the Royal Opera House he has sung several roles including Fenton (Falstaff), Michelis (The Greek Passion), Nathaniel (Les Contes D'Hoffman), Matteo Borsa (Rigoletto), Malcolm (Macbeth) and he sang the tenor solos in Stravinsky's Les Noches for the Royal Ballet.

In 2002 he went on tour with Glyndebourne Touring Opera singing Rodolfo (La Boheme). The adult Peter Auty- an impressive tenor- can be heard on Lammas' new recording of Stainer's Crucifixion: http://www.lammas.co.uk/crucifix.htm
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full  
Peter Auty - On Wings of Song
On Wings of Song (Tadpole Music , Cassette) 1983
Featuring Peter Auty  
All tracks reissued on "Down the River of Years"
  1.   Willow Song (Anon)  
  2.   Fairest Isle (Purcell)  
  3.   When Daisies Pied (Arne)  
  4.   Night and Dreams (Schubert)  
  5.   The Butterfly (Schubert)  
  6.   To Wander (Schubert)  
  6.   To Wander (Schubert)  
  7.   Romance (Schubert)  
  8.   Tell me, lovely shepherd (Boyce)  
  9.   On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)  
10.   Anchored (Watson)  
11.   Tatters (Lane)  
12.   Alone on the Raft (Rodney)  
13.   Puncinello (Molloy)  
14.   The River of Years (Marzials)  
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Peter Auty - Down the River of Years
Down the River of Years (Tadpole Music TAD002-2, CD) November 2002
Featuring Peter Auty  
Tracks 1-9 and 11-15 come from "On Wings of Song"; tracks 10 and 16-21 previously unreleased.
Tracks 1-16 recorded in 1983, 17-21 in 1984; all with piano accompaniment by David Harrison.
  1.   Willow Song (Anon)   (English song, c.1630)
  2.   Fairest Isle (Purcell)   (From semi-opera King Arthur)
  3.   When Daisies Pied (Arne)   (Love's Labours Lost: V, ii, 902)
  4.   Night and Dreams (Schubert)   (Nacht und Träume D827)
  5.   The Butterfly (Schubert)   (Der Schmetterling D633)
  6.   To Wander (Schubert)   (Das Wandern D795 no. 1)
  7.   Romance (Schubert)   (From operetta Die Verschworenen D787)
  8.   Tell me, lovely shepherd (Boyce)   (From serenata Solomon, 1743)
  9.   On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn)   (Auf Flügen des Gesanges from Sechs Lieder op.34, no. 2)
10.   Orpheus with his Lute (Sullivan)   (From Henry VIII: III, i, 3)
11.   Anchored ! (Wm Michael Watson)   (Song, 1883, wds S.K. Cowan)
12.   Tatters (Gerald M. Lane)   (Song, 1895, wds by composer)
13.   Alone on the Raft (Paul Rodney pseud. of Harry Walter)   (Song, 1885, wds Henry Vaughan)
14.   Puncinello (Molloy)   (Song, 1879, wds F.E. Weatherly)
15.   The River of Years (Theophile J.H. Marzials)   (Song, 1883, wds Mike Beverly)
16.   The Lost Chord (Sullivan)   (Semi-sacred song, 1880, wds A.A. Procter)
17.   Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy)   (Song, 1884, wds G.C. Bingham)
18.   The Land Beyond (Circo Ercole Pinsuti)   (Song, 1887, wds C.G. Cotsford Dick)
19.   Litany (Schubert)   (Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen D343)
20.   The Nut Tree (Schumann)   (Der Nußbaum from Myrthen op.25, no. 3)
21.   Spring Night (Schumann)   (Frühlingsnacht from Liederkreis op. 39, no. 12)
Available at   Tadpole Music Richard Bonsall, Lorin Wey, and Simon Hall also available through Tadpole.
Other Recordings Compact | Full  
Peter Auty - Arrested - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays the Police
Arrested - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays the Police (Emporio  EMPRCD588, CD) 1995
Featuring Peter Auty  
  1.   Overture  
  2.   Regatta de blanc  
  3.   Spirits in the material world  
  4.   Be my girl  
  5.   Sally  
  6.   De do do do de da da da  
  7.   Released  
  8.   Every little thing she does is magic  
  9.   Roxanne  
10.   Trruth hits everybody  
11.   Arrested  
12.   Message in a bottle  
13.   Invisible sun  
14.   Walking on the moon   Soloist: Peter Auty
15.   Don't stand so close to me  
16.   Finale  
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Peter Auty - Snowman, The (soundtrack)
Snowman, The (soundtrack) (Columbia CDX 71116, CD) 1996
Featuring Peter Auty  
Reissue of 1982 LP on CBS Records. Words & music by Howard Blake: performed by the Sinfonia of London conducted by the composer, with Peter Auty (then a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral) singing "Walking in the Air". This CD issue (which contains an 18-page illustrated story book) has the complete music, first with and then without the narrator.
  1.   The story of the Snowman   15:30 Narrator: Bernard Cribbins
  2.   "Walking in the Air"   3:30 Soloist: Peter Auty
  3.   The story of the Snowman (continuation)   6:40. Narrator: Bernard Cribbins
  4.   The Snowman soundtrack (music only)   15:30
  5.   "Walking in the Air"   3:30 Soloist: Peter Auty
  6.   The Snowman soundtrack continuation (music only)   6:40
Available at   Amazon US
Films and Videos Compact | Full  
Peter Auty - Snowman, The (animated)
Snowman, The (animated) ( , DVD) 1982
Featuring Peter Auty  
Peter sings "Walking in the Air".
Available at   Amazon UK
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