Peter was born in Hastings and studied theology and philosophy at King’s College, London.
He studied voice with Jean Austin Dobson, Derek Hammond-Stroud of the Royal Academy of Music and went on to train with Michael Maurel. He sang in Florence with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a spell and toured with British Youth Opera before making his professional solo debut as Mozart’s Figaro for London Opera Players. He quickly added Malatesta (Don Pasquale) at Holland Park and Pish-Tush (Mikado) with the D’Oyly Carte. Since then he has portrayed nearly eighty operatic roles and sung more than sixty oratorios.