Peter Karrie

Peter Karrie (born August 10, 1946), is a Welsh singer, best known for his portrayal of the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "The Phantom of the Opera". He played the part in London, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong and on the UK Tour in Bradford, and Manchester. He was twice voted the favourite Phantom of members of The Phantom of the Opera Appreciation Society, in 1994 and 1995.

He also created roles in three Bernard J. Taylor musicals (see below) and received excellent reviews. The title role of [http://www.bernardjtaylor.com/Nosferatu/nos.html Nosferatu] was specially written for Karrie.

Karrie was brought up in Wales, where he is particularly well known, having had his own show on BBC Wales, both television and radio. He began his career as the lead singer of a pop group, "Peter and the Wolves", and went on to star in many West End musical productions, including "Les Misérables" (on three different runs) and "Chess". He is a fellow of the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and is married with six children.

He played Daddie Warbucks in Annie and Fagin in Oliver! for Richard Cheshire

In 2006, he starred with Shan Côthi in the Mal Pope musical, "Amazing Grace", at the Wales Millennium Centre for Michael Bogdanov

Peter is also an ambassador for Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales a charity which provides specialist Bobath therapy to children in Wales who have cerebral palsy.

Albums

*"Theatrically Yours"
*"Peter Karrie Unmasked"
*"The Impossible Dream"
*"Nosferatu the Vampire (creating the title role in the Bernard J. Taylor opera)"
*"Pride and Prejudice (creating the role of Darcy in the musical by Bernard J. Taylor)"
*"Peter Karrie Sings Bernard J. Taylor"
*"Much Ado (creating the role of Don John in the Bernard J. Taylor musical based on Shakespeare's play)"

References

* [http://www.peterkarrie.com Official Peter Karrie Site]
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440112/bio IMDB profile of Peter Karrie]
* http://www.bernardjtaylor.com/musicals.html
* http://www.bernardjtaylor.com/Nosferatu/nos.html
* http://www.bernardjtaylor.com/CDs/CDsKarrie.html