THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Arthur Pickering (1919-22)

[Born 1890]

Baritone Arthur Pickering joined the D'Oyly Carte Repertory Opera Company chorus in February 1919. In September of that year, he transferred to the newly-established D'Oyly Carte "New" Opera Company, remaining with that branch of the Carte organization until January 1922. With the "New" Company, Pickering filled in on occasion for comic baritone Frank Steward as Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard (1920-22) and the Duke of Plaza-Toro in The Gondoliers (1920-21).



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