Peter Casey

Background

About Peter Casey

Peter, a graduate of Melbourne State College with a voice major, sang with the Victoria State Opera Chorus and performed in many of their major productions. He understudied several roles and sang the role of Spoletta in a schools performance of Tosca. For Opera Australia he has performed in Lohengrin, Turandot, Wozzeck, Billy Budd, Pelleas et Melisande, Beatrice and Benedick, and he was one of the Apprentices in The Meistersingers of Nuremberg. In concert he has sung as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Pierné’s The Children’s Crusade for the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Society, and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s choir for their performance of Purcell’s Come Ye Sons of Art at the Melbourne International Festival. Peter has also performed regularly in recital, often recording for 3MBS FM. Peter is an accomplished choral conductor, having studied with Robert Rosen, and he was appointed Music Director of the Choir in 1987. He has led the Choir on several overseas tours, including three concert tours of the United States, two tours of Japan and two tours of Europe. He has prepared the Choir for many performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and directed the children’s chorus in a performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony at the Exhibition Building in 2001. In 2010 he conducted the offstage boys chorus for performances of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. Peter retired in February 2019 and was appointed to the honorary position of Conductor Emeritus in recognition of his life work for the National Boys Choir of Australia.