Peter Brathwaite is an acclaimed baritone, based in the UK and performing internationally. He is noted for his versatile, charismatic and intelligent performances. His 2023/24 season includes principal roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Aldeburgh Festival, New Music Days Ostrava, and artist residencies with Britten Pears Arts, Snape Maltings, and at the University of Oxford. He sings recitals across the UK.

In the 2022/23 season, he returned to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and sang principal roles at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Opéra national de Lorraine, and the Théâtre de Caen. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree from his alma mater, Newcastle University, in July 2023.

He has been commissioned by Kensington Palace | Historic Royal Palaces to create a new Rediscovering Black Portraiture work for the 2024 exhibtion Untold Lives: A Palace at Work. A solo exhibition of his work was on view at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery from April to September 2023. Work from the series joined the collections of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society in July 2023. He writes and presents for BBC Radio 3 and his first book, Rediscovering Black Portraiture, was published by Getty Publications in Spring 2023.