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111Sarah Travis — is a British orchestrator and musical supervisor for theatre and film. She received the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for the 2005 revival of Stephen Sondheim s Sweeney Todd. Contents 1 …
112Leonora Braham — (February 3 1853 ndash; November 23 1931), born Leonora Lucy Abraham, was an English opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of principal soprano roles in the Gilbert Sullivan comic operas. Life and careerBraham was born into a… …
113Bertha Lewis — Life and careerEarly careerBertha Amy Lewis was born in Forest Gate, London. She studied voice at the Royal Academy of Music and had made professional appearances on the concert stage but had not acted before she joined D Oyly Carte at the age of …
114Walter Passmore — Life and careerEarly careerWalter Henry Passmore was born in London and became a choirboy at All Saints Church in Notting Hill. On Christmas morning 1881 he sang in The Messiah , and the following day he made his first professional stage… …
115Gillian Knight — (born November 1 1934) is an English singer and actor, known for her performances in the contralto roles of the Savoy Operas with the D Oyly Carte Opera Company and an opera career with Sadler s Wells Opera (now known as English National Opera),… …
116Geraldine Ulmar — Life and careerAnnie Geraldine Ulmar was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the United States. She began singing in amateur concerts before she was a teenager. Ideal Opera and D Oyly Carte yearsIn 1879, she made her professional debut as… …
117Leo Sheffield — Life and careerLeo Sheffield was born in Malton, Yorkshire. His real surname was Wilson. Sheffield was married to D Oyly Carte Opera Company chorister Dorothy Gates. Two of his brothers, Thorpe Sheffield and Wilson Sheffield, appeared with D Oyly …
118Fred Billington — Fred Billington, (July 1 1854 ndash; November 2 1917) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D Oyly Carte Opera Company.Life and careerFred Billington was born in Lockwood,… …
119Ann Drummond-Grant — (1905 ndash; September 11 1959) was a British singer and actress, best known for her performances in contralto roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D Oyly Carte Opera Company. Life and careerAnn Drummond Grant was born in Edinburgh… …
120François Cellier — See also Frank Cellier (actor). . Life and careerCellier was born in South Hackney, London to Arsène Cellier, a professor of languages from France, and his wife Mary Ann. He was a chorister at the Chapel Royal, St. James s, where his brother and… …
