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Rupert D’Oyly Carte

Rupert D'Oyly Carte (3 November 1876 – 12 September 1948) was an English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario, best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel from 1913 to 1948.

Son of the impresario and hotelier Richard D'Oyly Carte, Rupert inherited the family businesses from his stepmother Helen. After serving in the First World War, he took steps to revitalise the opera company, which had not appeared in central London since 1909, hiring new designers and conductors to present fresh productions of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas in seasons in the West End. The new productions generally retained the original text and music of the operas. Carte launched international and provincial tours, as well as the London seasons, and he released the first complete recordings of the operas. He also rebuilt the half-century-old Savoy Theatre in 1929, opening the house with a season of Gilbert and Sullivan.

As an hotelier, Carte built on his father's legacy, expanding the Savoy Hotel, refreshing the other hotels and restaurants in the Savoy group, including Claridge's and the Berkeley Hotel, and introducing cabaret and dance bands that became internationally famous. He also increased marketing activities, including foreign marketing, of the hotels.

P. G. Wodehouse based a character in his novels, Psmith, on a Wykehamist schoolboy whom he identified as Rupert D'Oyly Carte. At his death, Carte passed the opera company and hotels to his only surviving child, Bridget D'Oyly Carte. The Gilbert and Sullivan operas, nurtured by Carte and his family for over a century, continue to be produced frequently today throughout the English-speaking world and beyond.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 3, 1876 (London), Died September 12, 1948 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1930

Roles Represented in DAHR: session supervisor, director, conductor

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 69 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone Cc9462 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Harry Norris Male vocal chorus and soloist, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9463 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Harry Norris Male vocal chorus and soloist, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9464 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Darrell Fancourt ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9465 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris Vocal solos, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9466 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Leo Sheffield Male vocal trio, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9467 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham ; Leo Sheffield Male vocal trio and duet, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9468 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Beatrice Elburn ; Elsie Griffin ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham ; Leo Sheffield Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9469 12-in. 11/19/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Elsie Griffin ; Doris Hemingway ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9470 12-in. 11/22/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Elsie Griffin ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Female vocal solo, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9471 12-in. 11/22/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Beatrice Elburn ; Elsie Griffin ; Doris Hemingway ; Harry Norris Female vocal chorus and trio, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9472 12-in. 11/22/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Beatrice Elburn ; Harry Norris Female vocal chorus and soloist, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9488 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9489 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Beatrice Elburn ; Elsie Griffin ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham ; Leo Sheffield Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9490 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Beatrice Elburn ; Bertha Lewis ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9491 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9492 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Beatrice Elburn ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Derek Oldham ; Leo Sheffield Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9493 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Aileen Davies ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris ; Leo Sheffield Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9494 12-in. 11/26/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Henry A. Lytton ; Harry Norris Male vocal chorus and soloist, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc9495 12-in. 11/29/1926 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Harry Norris Male vocal chorus, with orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11602 12-in. 9/20/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Chorus with orchestra; baritone vocal solo with chorus and orchestra; tenor vocal solo with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11603 12-in. 9/20/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Tenor vocal solo with chorus and orchestra; baritone vocal solo with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11604 12-in. 9/20/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Vocal duet (2 baritones) with male chorus and orchestra; vocal quartet (soprano, tenor, and 2 baritones) with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11605 12-in. 9/20/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Vocal quartet (soprano, tenor, and 2 baritones), with orchestra ; vocal quintet (soprano, tenor, and 3 baritones) with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11606 12-in. 9/20/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Vocal quintet (soprano, tenor, and 3 baritones) with chorus and orchestra; vocal duet (soprano, and tenor) with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11644 12-in. 9/29/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Baritone vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
(Results 26-50 of 69 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "D’Oyly Carte, Rupert," accessed May 9, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100803.

D’Oyly Carte, Rupert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100803.

"D’Oyly Carte, Rupert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100803

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