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Robert Scott Fishe (12 February 1871 – 31 August 1898) was an English operatic baritone and actor best remembered for creating roles in the 1890s with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. As a boy, Fishe was a chorister with the Chapel Royal. After beginning his professional stage career, he was hired in 1891 by Richard D'Oyly Carte for the chorus of Arthur Sullivan's grand opera ''Ivanhoe''. He soon toured in South America with other D'Oyly Carte artistes, performing in comic operas and surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Chile. In 1892, Fishe played leading roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and in other West End companies, but from spring 1893, he performed exclusively with D'Oyly Carte. Although he had begun to suffer from tuberculosis, he created several roles, most notably in Gilbert and Sullivan's last two operas: Mr. Goldbury in ''Utopia, Limited'' (1893) and the Prince of Monte Carlo in ''The Grand Duke'' (1896). He played the title role in several revivals of ''The Mikado''. In 1896, he travelled to South Africa for a D'Oyly Carte tour. There, he fell ill again, but he was able to return to the stage briefly at the end of 1897, after which run his health deteriorated. After several attempts to recuperate, Fishe gave up all hope of recovery, and he committed suicide at the age of 27. ==Early career== "Bob" Fishe was born in Stanhope Street in St Pancras, London, to Jane (''née'' Scott) and Robert Fishe, an ironmonger. Although his mother went by the name "Fishe", she did not marry his father until 1874. On their banns entry, Robert Fishe is listed as a widower, and his bride as a spinster; they were living at the same address.〔(London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754–1921 for Jane Scott, Ancestry.co.uk )〕 He began to perform as a boy in church choirs and at concerts and was selected as a chorister with the Chapel Royal〔Joseph, Tony. "A gun in his bedroom", ''Gilbert & Sullivan News'', Vol.V, No.1, Spring 2013 pp. 8–9〕 He made his professional stage debut singing nautical songs in a variety show at Hengler's Circus. He sang in the chorus at the Globe Theatre in Luscombe Searelle's ''The Black Rover''〔Lamb, p. 30〕 and was then hired in 1891 by Richard D'Oyly Carte for the chorus of Arthur Sullivan’s grand opera ''Ivanhoe'' at the Royal English Opera House.〔Stone, David. ("R. Scott Fishe" ), Who Was Who in the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, 14 November 2012, accessed 4 June 2013〕 Later in 1891, still only twenty years old, Fishe and other D'Oyly Carte regulars, including Leonora Braham, went to South America with the Edwin Cleary Opera Company. There they performed in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Valparaiso, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, and other cities. Fishe had roles in ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (the Pirate King), ''Patience'' (Major Murgatroyd), ''The Mikado'' (title role), ''The Sorcerer'' (Sir Marmaduke), ''Dorothy'' (Harry Sherwood), ''Pepita'' (Bombardos) and ''Erminie'', among other works.〔Lamb, pp. 30 and 42-43〕 The Company was shipwrecked off the coast of Chile in the middle of the tour, losing most of their possessions, but no lives were lost. Some of the company, including Fishe, made their way on horseback across the Andes to Argentina.〔Lamb, pp. 40-41〕 They returned to England in March 1892.〔Lamb, p. 45〕 Fishe was then engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, immediately performing the role of Thomas Merton in ''The Vicar of Bray'' at the Savoy Theatre. At the end of the run, he left the Savoy to star in George Dance and Ivan Caryll's ''Ma Mie Rosette'' at the Globe Theatre and then at the Prince of Wales Theatre from November 1892 to February 1893. Fishe began to suffer from tuberculosis, perhaps as early as on the South America tour, and the disease was to advance over the ensuing years.〔Lamb, p. 46〕 After ''Ma Mie Rosette'', he travelled to Switzerland to convalesce.〔 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「R. Scott Fishe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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