Peter Robinson (conductor)

In the UK, he has also conducted for Kent Opera (Don Giovanni, The Beggar's Opera), English Touring Opera (The Cunning Little Vixen) and Scottish Opera (Falstaff and Les Pecheurs de Perles). For several years he worked alongside director David Freeman, conducting his productions of Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Tosca and Aida, which were revived many times by promoter Raymond Gubbay at the Royal Albert Hall.  A production of Leoncavallo's Zazà. in 2017 will mark his 15th consecutive appearance at Opera Holland Park, where he has conducted L'Amore dei Tre Re, I Gioielli della Madonna, La Gioconda, La Wally, Andrea Chenier, Falstaff, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, Fidelio, Norma and The Queen of Spades. In July 2017, Robinson conducted Verdi's Requiem for Opera Holland Park in aid of the victims of the Grenfell Fire.

Peter Leslie Robinson (born 24 June 1949) is an English conductor, principally of opera. His repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary, with a special interest in Italian opera of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His appointments have included Resident Conductor of The Australian Opera, Assistant Music Director of English National Opera and Artistic Director of British Youth Opera.

He began his operatic career as Chorus Master at Glyndebourne, followed by several years as Head of Music Staff and Resident Conductor with The Australian Opera in Sydney. He returned to London to become Assistant Music Director at English National Opera, where his repertoire included Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Otello, Rigoletto, Carmen, Maria Stuarda, L'Orfeo, Hansel & Gretel, The Turn of the Screw, and all the major Mozart operas. He was the first conductor of Jonathan Miller's production of The Mikado at the London Coliseum, which he also recorded for CD and television. He returned to ENO to conduct the 25th Anniversary performances and, most recently, to conduct 'Marvellous Miller', a celebration of the director's forty-year collaboration with the company.