Peter James Hay (21 August 1885 – 1 July 1958)[1] was an Australian tenor, noted for appearances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
Sponsored by the businessman, he left for England where he was a fellow-student of Fraser Gange, a Scottish baritone who later had a career with Amy Evans.
[b] He then sang with the Royal Choral Society in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and in Berlioz's Faust, under Hans Richter and toured with Ada Crossley and Tetrazzini.
Around July 1913[1] he joined D'Oyly Carte's Principal Repertory Opera Company, initially in the chorus, then making his stage debut as Fairfax in The Yeomen of the Guard.
[1] After The Great War he rejoined D'Oyly Carte's Repertory Company for the 1919–1920 revivals, leaving in March for La Cigale at King's Theatre, Hammersmith.
Hay's last stint with D'Oyly Carte was from July 1925 to January 1926, during which time he played the Duke in Patience, Tolloller in Iolanthe, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, and Richard Dauntless in Ruddigore.