D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a British professional light opera company.
Also found in various entries in ESAT are references to the D'Oyly Carte Principal Repertory Opera Company, Richard D'Oyly Carte's Comedy Opera Company, the D'Oyly Carte B touring company,
The Company
Founded by Richard D'Oyly Carte in 1875, to stage Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Operas, the companies toured year-round in Britain and from time to time undertaking tours in Europe, North America and the colonies, remaining active till 1982. The company was revived for a few short seasons and tours between 1988 and 2003.
A large number of the D'Oyly Carte performers have made their mark in South Africa over the years, and the company undertook a number of tours to the country, sometimes of their own volition, at others contracted by local managers.
Performances in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Oyly_Carte_Opera_Company
D.C. Boonzaier, 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 301, 405, 410, 413.
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