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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 51-69 of 69 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone Cc11645 12-in. 9/29/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Vocal trio (soprano, baritone, and bass), with chorus and orchestra; Vocal duet (soprano, and baritone), with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc11646 12-in. 9/29/1927 Trial by jury D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Vocal quintet (soprano, 3 baritones, and bass), with chorus and orchestra; tenor vocal solo, with female chorus and orchestra ; vocal duet (2 baritones), with chorus and orchestra session supervisor  
Gramophone Cc18636 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Bertha Lewis Female vocal solo, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18637 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Bertha Lewis Vocal soloists and chorus, with orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18638 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Bertha Lewis Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18639 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Bertha Lewis Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18640 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Elsie Griffin Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18641 12-in. 2/4/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Elsie Griffin ; Stuart Robertson Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18642 12-in. 2/5/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18643 12-in. 2/5/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Malcolm Sargent Male vocal solo, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18644 12-in. 2/6/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Henry A. Lytton Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18645 12-in. 2/6/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Henry A. Lytton Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18647 12-in. 2/6/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Stuart Robertson Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18648 12-in. 2/6/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton ; Stuart Robertson Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18649 12-in. 2/6/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Charles Goulding ; Sydney Granville ; Elsie Griffin Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18698 12-in. 3/14/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Elsie Griffin Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18704 12-in. 3/14/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Elsie Griffin Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18705 12-in. 3/14/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; Nellie Briercliffe ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Charles Goulding ; Elsie Griffin ; Bertha Lewis ; Henry A. Lytton Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
Gramophone Cc18713 12-in. 3/24/1930 H.M.S. Pinafore George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Darrell Fancourt ; Elsie Griffin ; Henry A. Lytton Vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra director  
(Results 51-69 of 69 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "D’Oyly Carte, Rupert," accessed April 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100803.

D’Oyly Carte, Rupert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100803.

"D’Oyly Carte, Rupert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 April 2024.

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

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