Peter Drackley

American tenor Peter Drackley has been acclaimed as having shown “vocal confidence […] his luminous head voice blooming with expansive and penetrating phrases.” by Opera News and as bringing “the performance to an awestruck standstill with his exquisite singing. He cuts a fine figure throughout the performance, with an intense stage presence.” by Opera Today. Mr. Drackley’s roles include Radamés (Aïda), Calaf (Turandot), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Pollione (Norma), and Turiddu/Canio (Cavalleria Rusticana/i Pagliacci). As a concert soloist, He has sung Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, and Schubert’s Mass in G, the last performed at Carnegie Hall. He performed the first excerpts of Antonin Scalia in Derrick Wang’s opera Scalia/Ginsburg at the Supreme Court for Justices Scalia and Ginsburg, a concert that was featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

Mr. Drackley has received awards from many operatic competitions, including receiving a grant from the Olga Forrai Foundation, 3rd Place in the McCammon Voice Competition, 2nd Place in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition, 2nd Place in the Nicholas Loren Vocal Competition, and was the winner of the Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Competition.

Mr. Drackley has performed with such houses as English National Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, Santa Fe Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago Unlimited, the Ravinia Festival, and Carnegie Hall. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mr. Drackley currently resides in Chicago, where he trains young professional opera and musical theater singers. For more information, visit www.peterscottdrackley.com.