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.
Harry Norris
Left to right: Gordon, Norris, Lawson, Sheffield, Lytton, Eileen Sharp and Fancourt – publicity shot, c. 1924
Leo Sheffield
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Leo Sheffield, born Arthur Leo Wilson, 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.
Harry Norris (conductor)
…from September 1928 to May 1929 they toured Canada and the US. Norris left the company at the end of that tour. Left to right: Gordon, Norris, Lawson, Sheffield, Lytton, Eileen Sharp and Fancourt – publicity shot, c. 1924 As musical director, Norris was responsible for a number of changes to Sullivan's scores…
Sheffield in 1915
Sheffield as Wilfred Shadbolt
Sheffield (centre) in The Gondoliers, 1919