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Darrell Fancourt
London, United Kingdom
Darrell Fancourt is credited on 65 releases across 16 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2005 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
65
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Biography
Darrell Louis Fancourt Leverson (8 March 1886 – 29 August 1953), known as Darrell Fancourt, was an English bass-baritone and actor, known for his performances and recordings of the Savoy operas. After a brief concert career, Fancourt joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, where he starred in more than 10,000 performances over a 33-year period until his death. He regularly played about ten different roles for the company over these years, including the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, Dick Deadeye in H.M.S. Pinafore, and the title character in The Mikado, which he played more than 3,000 times. Fancourt was famous for his melodramatic style, creating the controversial Mikado laugh that was later adopted by some of his successors. His performances are preserved in nineteen of the company's recordings made between 1923 and 1950.
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Credited work
65 releases · 16 albums · active 1950–2005
- Performance · 87
- Other credits · 23
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Gilbert And Sullivan
- Gilbert & Sullivan
- D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- Isidore Godfrey
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