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Clarence M. "Jack" Leumane (died 23 February 1928) was an English-born singer, actor, songwriter and librettist. He played leading tenor roles in opera, especially the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, in the 1880s, first in Britain and then Australia. He was also a librettist and writer of the song '"The Lambton Worm" in 1867. == Life == Leumane was born in England, possibly in the Sunderland area, as the words of the song "The Lambton Worm" are from the Mackem dialect. As an actor, in the autumn of 1881, he created the role of Captain Harleigh in ''Claude Duval'', a comic opera by Edward Solomon and Henry Pottinger Stephens, at London's Olympic Theatre. He then joined a tour of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from November 1881 to October 1882, playing the leading Gilbert and Sullivan tenor roles of Alexis in ''The Sorcerer'', Ralph Rackstraw in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and Frederic in ''The Pirates of Penzance''. In 1885, he appeared in London as Sir Lancelot in ''Dr. D'', an English comic opera by C. P. Colnaghi and Cotsford Dick at the Royalty Theatre.〔Stone, David. ("Jack Leumane" ), Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1 April 2003, accessed 17 June 2014〕 One reviewer commented: "Mr. Leumane has a very pleasing tenor voice, and as Ralph Rackstraw he not merely sang well, but acted with an intelligence and point".〔("The Gaiety" ), ''Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser'' (Dublin, Ireland), November 15, 1881〕 In 1887, as "C. H. Leumane", he made his first appearance in Australia with the J. C. Williamson Company in the leading Gilbert and Sullivan role of Prince Hilarion in the first Australian production ''Princess Ida''. He continued with the company until 1890 in more Savoy Operas, as the Duke of Dunstable in ''Patience'', Colonel Fairfax in ''The Yeomen of the Guard'', and Marco in ''The Gondoliers''. In between these productions, he also appeared in Australia as Geoffrey Wilder in Alfred Cellier's hit comic opera ''Dorothy'', and was the title character in Gounod's ''Faust'', including on the night in 1888, in Melbourne, when Frederick Federici died at the conclusion of the opera.〔〔("Production of ''Faust'' in Melbourne" ), ''The Press'', Volume XLV, Issue 7025, 29 March 1888, p. 3, National Library of New Zealand〕 He repeated his roles in the first New Zealand productions of ''Dorothy'', ''Yeomen'' and ''Princess Ida'' in 1890.〔 He played the title role in his own opera, ''Mathias'', in 1901. He remained in Australia and died in South Australia in 1928. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarence M. Leumane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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