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Alexander Meston Reid (21 March 1945 – 31 October 1993), better known as Meston Reid, was a Scottish opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. ==Life and career== Reid was born in Strathdee, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He began his musical career as a boy soprano, making his first public appearance aged 6. He attended the Aboyne Academy, which he left aged 15 to work on his father's farm, singing in concerts in his spare time.〔Interview with Reid in ''The Savoyard'', Vol. XVI, No. 3, January 1978, pp. 12–13〕 At the age of eighteen, he joined the Lyric Musical Society of Aberdeen, sang with the Inverness Opera Company, and began to take singing and piano lessons.〔Stone, David. ("Meston Reid (1974-82)" ), Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 27 August 2001, accessed 17 November 2015〕 He was a finalist in the Count Cinzano Scholarship competition for young singers in 1965.〔("Meston Reid" ), Memories of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, accessed 17 November 2015〕 Intending to pursue a career in music, Reid left the family farm and moved to Aberdeen where he worked for a food firm while continuing to study music.〔 He made his professional debut in a Scottish variety show at the Tivoli Theatre in Aberdeen and performed with Sadler's Wells Opera for four years, first in the chorus before graduating to small parts. His first solo role was Lun Tha in ''The King and I'' in 1972.〔 In 1973 he appeared in ''The Leslie Crowther Show'' and toured in ''Lilac Time'' and as Sid-el-Karr in ''The Desert Song''.〔 Reid joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1974, playing the part of Earl Tolloller in ''Iolanthe''. He soon added the roles of Mr. Box in ''Cox and Box'', Alexis Poindextre in ''The Sorcerer'', Ralph in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'', the Duke of Dunstable in ''Patience'', Richard in ''Ruddigore'', and Marco Palmieri in ''The Gondoliers''. When the company revived ''Utopia Limited'' for its 1975 Centenary season, Reid played the role of Captain Fitzbattleaxe. That year, Reid added to his repertoire the parts of Frederic in ''The Pirates of Penzance'' and Leonard Meryll in ''The Yeomen of the Guard''. In the 1977 revival of ''Princess Ida'', he assumed the role of Prince Hilarion.〔 He played Ralph in the Royal Command Performance of ''Pinafore'' at Windsor Castle to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.〔Wilson and Lloyd, p. 178〕 He continued to play principal tenor roles with the company until it closed in 1982.〔Rollins and Witts, 4th Supplement〕 Reid later appeared in the chorus of ''The Metropolitan Mikado'' in 1985 and sang with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and in the show ''Grand Tour of Melody'' with Richard Baker. From 1989, he went on concert tours of Scotland, and in 1993 he joined the concert group "The Stars of Operetta".〔 In 1987, he was first engaged as the director of the Godalming Operatic Society, an amateur society with a long association with ex-D'Oyly Carte directors. He directed their productions until 1993.〔Moat, Betty. "Meston Reid – Not Just a Singer", pp. 271–273, ''W. S. Gilbert Society Journal'', Vol. 1, No. 9: Summer 1997〕 Reid died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 48.〔 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「Meston Reid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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