Darrell Fancourt
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Darrell Louis Fancourt Leverson, known as Darrell Fancourt, was an English bass-baritone and actor, known for his performances and recordings of the Savoy operas.
Fancourt circa 1920
Fancourt as Lord Mountararat in Iolanthe
Fancourt as Sergeant Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard
Fancourt as the Mikado
Harry Norris (conductor)
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Henry William Claudius Norris was a New Zealand-born conductor best remembered as musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1920 to 1929.
Darrell Fancourt
…The King should be a story book pirate, not a real one and blood thirsty to boot. But that's the way Mr. Fancourt plays it". (l to r) J. M. Gordon, Norris, Winifred Lawson, Leo Sheffield, Henry Lytton, Eileen Sharp and Fancourt – publicity shot for Princess Ida, 1924 Fancourt was a cricket fan, an avid…
Harry Norris
Left to right: Gordon, Norris, Lawson, Sheffield, Lytton, Eileen Sharp and Fancourt – publicity shot, c. 1924