Peter Broadbent

This noted choral and orchestral conductor began his musical studies in Manchester. There he was a chorus master and assistant conductor for the Manchester Opera Companyand led performances of Faust, Macbeth, and The Marriage of Figaro. In London, Broadbent conducted the St. Angela's Singers from 1975 until 1985. The group broadcast often on the BBC; gave concerts in London, Manchester, and Vienna; and sang in Berlioz's Les Troyens and La Damnation de Faust with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Singers & Chorus. From 1980 to 1990, Broadbent led the Esterhazy Singers, who specialize...