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About Peter Hemmings
- Peter Hemmings OBE (10 April 1934 – 4 January 2002) was an English opera administrator, impresario and singer.As a singer, he was an accomplished chorister in his youth and had a fine bass voice.
- He was educated at Mill Hill School and began his administrative career as president of the Cambridge University Opera Group.
- That company's success led to the founding of the New Opera Company in 1957 with Hemmings as general manager.
- In 1966, he became the chief administrator of Scottish Opera, a position he held for almost 20 years.
- In 1977, he was appointed general manager of the Australian Opera, but clashed with the music director, Richard Bonynge.
- In that difficult time his most significant contribution to opera in Australia was the commissioning of the opera Voss from Richard Meale.
- Later, he managed the London Symphony Orchestra for four years, then accepted a position as the general director of the Los Angeles Opera in 1984.
- He remained the company's general director until he returned to the UK in 2000 to take up a position on the board of the Royal Opera.
- He was survived by his wife Jane née Hemmings, two daughters, two sons and one stepdaughter.
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