Peter L Atherton

Peter L. Atherton, Bass-baritone, holds the Robert and Norma Lineberger Chair in Music at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, Chapman University. Dr. Atherton is a Professor of Vocal Arts and has served as the Artistic Director of Opera Chapman for the past 16 years. For more than forty years he has performed and directed extensively in opera, oratorio, concert and musical theater throughout the United States and Europe. He performed with the legendary Kenley Players before moving to New York. He performed in Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, in Los Angeles and Toronto. His operatic and concert credits include performances with the Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, Baltimore Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, Wolf Trap Opera, San Francisco Opera Touring Division, Opera Atelier, Cairo Opera, the Opera Estate of Rome and Verona as well as Los Angeles Philharmonic, L’Orchèstre de la Suisse Romande, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Bach Cercle Genève, International Chamber Ensemble Rome, Los Angeles Master Chorale and Orchèstre de Belgique. Dr. Atherton’s teaching legacy includes current and former students who have won major international competitions, have been accepted into the most prestigious graduate programs and Young Artist Programs in Europe and the United States, and have performed with major opera companies and symphonies throughout the United States and Europe.