THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Julia Willis (1900-02)

[Born Nenagh Tipperary, Ireland 13 Sep 1876, died Battersea 14 Jul 1954]

Julia Margaret Willis was a chorister on tour with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "D" in 1900, and with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company "C" in 1901 and 1902. In 1901 she sang "Oasis-in-the-Desert" in The Rose of Persia, and between March to December 1902 she shared the small part of Giulia in The Gondoliers with Florence Beech. She was married to D'Oyly Carte baritone R. Scrope Quentin.

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