Peter Auty Peter Auty Peter Robert Auty (born 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Auty is a former choirboy who sang at St Paul's Cathedral. At the age of 13, he sang "Walking in the Air", the theme song to the 1982 animated film "The Snowman". Some people thought Aled Jones was the original singer, but his version was a cover of the song released as a single in 1985. Auty's version, which was recorded especially for "The Snowman", had been released
Peter Auty as a single two years earlier. Due to a rush to finish the film on time, Auty was not credited on the film until it was remastered in 2002. Auty took the role of Camille in York Light Opera Company’s production of "The Merry Widow" in 1995. Subsequently, he moved to the Royal Scottish Academy of Music where he studied under Peter Alexander Wilson. Auty's professional stage debut was with Opera North in 1998. With the company, he subsequently sang the roles of Rodolfo in "La bohème" around 2001-2002 and Don José in "Carmen" in 2011. Elsewhere in Britain, he