ABOUT PETER
Lauded by Opera News as having “showed vocal confidence [...] his luminous head voice blooming with expansive and penetrating phrases,” and by Opera Today as bringing "the performance to an awestruck standstill with his exquisitely (singing).
American tenor Peter Scott 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. A recent grant awardee of the Olga Forrai Foundation, Mr. Drackley recently made role debuts as Radamés (Aïda) with Opera Carolina, Calaf (Turandot) with Opera Grand Rapids, and Turiddu/Canio (Cavalleria Rusticana/i Pagliacci) with Festival of the Atlantic, and made his international debut singing Rodolfo (La bohème) with Nevill Holt Opera, and covering Cavaradossi (Tosca) with English National Opera. He joined the Ravinia Festival and Chicago Symphony Orchestra as the First Armored Man (Magic Flute), and looks forward to singing Flirtatious Man/First Son/Honorable Colonel (The Nose) with Chicago Opera Theater and returning to Anchorage Opera to perform Alfredo (La Traviata).
​Peter Drackley's 2024 engagements showcase his vocal
prowess in various roles, including Calaf in Turandot and
Samson in Samson et Dalila with St. Petersburg Opera, as
well as the Messenger and covering Radames in Aïda with Opera Maine. In 2025, the artist makes several significant
debuts: Roberto in Maria Stuarda with Opera Baltimore, Don José in Carmen with St. Petersburg Opera, Justice Antonin Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg with Raylynmor Opera, Herod in Salome at Union Avenue Opera and as the tenor soloist in Beethoven's majestic Missa Solemnis with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra.
As a grant awardee of the prestigious Olga Forrai Foundation, Peter has performed Radamés in Aïda with Opera Carolina, Calaf in Turandot with Opera Grand Rapids, and Turiddu/Canio in Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci with Festival of the Atlantic. His international credits include a poignant Rodolfo in La bohème with Nevill Holt Opera and covering Cavaradossi in Tosca with English National Opera.
Mr. Drackley’s impressive repertoire includes Cavaradossi in Tosca with Opera in the Heights, Rodolfo in La bohème with Opera Idaho, and Scalia in Scalia/Ginsburg with Opera Carolina and Opera Grand Rapids. Other operatic highlights include Pollione in Norma, Il Duca di Mantova in Rigoletto, Macduff in Macbeth, and Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera. In concert, Peter has lent his voice to Verdi's Requiem and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the Helena Symphony, Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Norwalk Symphony, Mozart's Requiem with the Lancaster and Richmond Symphonies, and Schubert's Mass in G at the revered Carnegie Hall. A memorable performance of the first excerpts of Derrick Wang's opera Scalia/Ginsburg at the Supreme Court was featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. The artist’s accolades include 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 winner of the Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Competition.
A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, he trained as a studio artist with the Sarasota Opera, covering Avito in L'amore dei Tre Re and singing the Chaplain of the Monastery in Dialogues des Carmélites. As an apprentice with the Des Moines Metro Opera, he covered Der Tambourmajor in Wozzeck and The Governor in Candide, as well as Pirelli in Sweeney Todd and Chekalinsky while covering Gherman in Pikova Dama. As an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera, Peter covered Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Alfred in Die Fledermaus. A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the artist currently resides in Chicago.
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