D'Oyly Carte
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Richard, 1844–1901, English theatrical producer.
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an English light opera company founded in London in 1881 by Richard D'Oyly Carte primarily for the presentation of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
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D'Oyly Carte Island was bought by London theatre impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte in the late 19th Century.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
After leaving the Commons, he joined the board of trustees of the D'Oyly Carte Trust and, after being raised to the peerage as Lord Wilson of Rievaulx, was a regular attendee in the Lords.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2016
He conducted the operettas for stage performances for the D'Oyly Carte company, and early in his career fashioned a very successful ballet, Pineapple Poll, from Sullivan's music.
From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2010
Mr. Reed was only the fifth man to inhabit those roles regularly for the D’Oyly Carte, following the company’s celebrated comics George Grossmith, Henry Lytton, Martyn Green and Peter Pratt.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2010
Most managers, he said, did not care for husband and wife to travel together, but that was not the case with Mr. D'Oyly Carte.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
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