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Carte, Richard D'Oyly 1844-1901
English impresario and manager
He was born in London and after working in his father's musical instrument-making business, became a concert agent. From 1875 he produced the first operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan, with whom he formed a partnership. He built the Savoy Theatre in London (1881), the first public building to be lit by electricity. Another theatre building, the Royal English Opera House (1891), failed. After his death the D'Oyly Carte company continued to perform Gilbert and Sullivan in traditional style for many years.
Bibliography: Robert Wilson and Frederick Lloyd, Gilbert and Sullivan: The Official D'Oyly Carte Picture History (1984)
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