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Anthony Peacock’s uncle, Wilfred Peacock, founded Gretna and District Choral Society in 1943. Seventeen years later in 1960 at the age of fourteen Anthony joined the choir where six members of his family were already singing. He little knew then that he was taking the first steps into a world of music, a world which would become his passion. Forty years later, in 2000 Anthony was delighted to be appointed Director of Music of the same choir his uncle had started fifty-seven years before. Since then the choir has presented more than forty concerts spanning a huge variety of music.
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Anthony trained as a singer with the renowned teacher, Ena Mitchell and later with international tenor, Ian Partridge. For many years his ‘ear’ was the mezzo soprano, Elizabeth Lamb and over twenty-five years he built up a reputation as an accomplished singer. His repertoire spans the centuries and includes all the major works of Bach, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Verdi and Rossini, as well as works by Dvorak, Respighi, Saint-Saëns, Britten and many others.
Anthony is a founder member of Cumbria Opera. In the eighteen years from its formation in 1983 until he retired as principal tenor in 2001 he played fifteen leading roles for the company, including Don José Carmen; Don Alvaro The Force of Destiny, Gustavus Masked Ball, Manrico Il Trovatore, Nemorino L’Elisir d’Amore, Turiddu Cavalleria Rusticana, Faust Faust, Jenik The Bartered Bride, Enzo La Gioconda, Lenski Eugene Onegin. In 2003 he was appointed Director of Music for Cumbria Opera, a post which he held for three years before finally retiring from the company.
In January 2004 Anthony took over as conductor of the chamber choir, Solway Singers, and also in 2004, he formed the Lanercost Festival Chorus to sing large-scale choral works in the beautiful Lanercost Priory. Since then this choir, of about eighty voices, has performed Haydn’s Creation, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Elgar’s The Music Makers.
Having retired from business, Anthony teaches singing and voice production at his home in Lanercost and sings as a Lay Clerk in the choir of Carlisle Cathedral.
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