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Eileen Nora Sharp (20 September 1900 – 25 March 1958) was an English singer and actress probably best known as the principal mezzo-soprano with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1923 to 1925. For a few years after that, she continued to act in the West End and on tour, but she left the stage after marrying in 1928, making some radio and television appearances in the 1930s. ==Early life and D'Oyly Carte== Sharp was born in Brighton in 1900, the daughter of Louisa Jane (''née'' Newman; 1869–1911) and Ernest Alfred Sharp (1867–c.1918), a coal factor.〔( "Eileen Nora Sharp" ), 1901 England Census, Ancestry.com (pay to view)〕〔("Sharp, Eileen Nora" ), FreeBMD.org, ONS, accessed 16 November 2015〕 Her older brother, Ernest Granville Sharp (c. 1896–1916), was killed in the Battle of Gommecourt in 1916.〔MacDonald, Alan. ("The Fallen of the 1/16th London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), 1st July 1916" ), Gommecourt.co.uk, c. 2007, accessed 24 November 2015〕〔(Ernest Granville Sharp ), UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914–1919, Ancestry.com (pay to view)〕 After studying at the Royal College of Music in London, where she was awarded a scholarship,〔"Awards To Music Students", ''The Times'', 23 November 1918, p. 9〕 Sharp made her stage debut in December 1921 in ''The Lady of the Rose'' at the Prince's Theatre in Manchester in a chorus role. In March 1922, at the age of 21, she was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and was immediately cast in the small roles of Kate in ''The Pirates of Penzance'', the fairy Leila in ''Iolanthe'', Peep-Bo in ''The Mikado'', Ruth in ''Ruddigore'' and Vittoria in ''The Gondoliers''.〔Rollins and Witts, p. 140〕 From August 1922 to mid-1923 Sharp continued to play all of these roles, adding another small part, Saphir in ''Patience'', to her repertoire. She also understudied principal mezzo-soprano Catherine Ferguson, occasionally playing her parts: Constance in ''The Sorcerer'', Cousin Hebe in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', Edith in ''Pirates'', Angela in ''Patience'', the title role in ''Iolanthe'', Melissa in ''Princess Ida'', Pitti-Sing in ''The Mikado'', Margaret in ''Ruddigore'', Phoebe in ''The Yeomen of the Guard'' and Tessa in ''The Gondoliers''.〔Rollins and Witts, p. 142〕 When Ferguson left the company in July 1923 Sharp became the company's principal mezzo-soprano,〔Stone, David. ("Eileen Sharp (1922–25)" ), ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', 6 September 2013, accessed 16 November 2015〕 playing these parts (originally excepting Edith, which she took on from August 1924), performing them in repertory until June 1925, and becoming popular with audiences.〔Rollins and Witts, pp. 144 and 146〕〔(Eileen Sharp ), ''Memories of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', accessed 30 November 2015〕 Her appearance and acting won praise from other reviewers, although her singing came in for criticism.〔"Gilbert and Sullivan", ''The Times'', 5 February 1924, p. 8; and "The Gondoliers", ''The Times'', 11 March 1924, p. 12〕 Writing in ''The Savoyard'', R. F. Bourne said of her performance as Mad Margaret in ''Ruddigore'':
She recorded two of her roles with D'Oyly Carte for HMV: Mad Margaret in ''Ruddigore'' (1924) and Melissa in ''Princess Ida'' (1925).〔Shepherd, Marc. ("The 1924 D'Oyly Carte ''Ruddigore''" ), The Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 28 November 2010, accessed 16 November 2015〕〔Shepherd, Marc. ("The 1924 D'Oyly Carte ''Princess Ida''" ), The Gilbert and Sullivan Discography, 29 April 2009, accessed 16 November 2015〕 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「Eileen Sharp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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