D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company was a British light opera company, founded by
Richard D'Oyly Carte. It achieved its breakthrough with Trial by Jury, a
collaboration between W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan that premiered at
London's Royalty Theatre in March 1875. The company produced several full-length
operas, including The Sorcerer (1877) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), and staged
Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas regularly in repertory in London and on tour
until 1982. Notable seasons and tours continued intermittently from 1988 to
2003, with co-productions with Scottish Opera st...
