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:''For the wife of Harold Abrahams, see Sybil Evers''. Sybil Gordon was a British singer. She is best remembered for her performances in Gilbert and Sullivan roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1926 to 1931. Gordon started out as a concert singer. After her career with the D'Oyly Carte company, she moved to Canada, where she broadcast on the radio. In the 1981 film ''Chariots of Fire'', she is misidentified as the fiancée of Olympic runner Harold Abrahams. ==Career== Early in her career, Gordon won first prize at the 1923 Blackpool Music Competition, judged by Sir Steuart Wilson.〔''The Manchester Guardian'', 18 October 1923, p. 4〕 At this time, she was singing as a mezzo-soprano. The following year, as a soprano, she sang regularly in BBC broadcasts of songs by Walford Davies, Roger Quilter and others, and operatic arias by composers including Puccini and Massenet.〔''The Times'', 9 February 1924, p. 7; and 20 September 1924, p. 8; and ''The Manchester Guardian'', 9 February 1924, p. 13; 2 June 1924, p. 9; 26 July 1924, p. 1; 29 July 1924, p. 1; 20 September 1924, p. 14; and 25 October 1924, p. 7〕 She also performed in a series of concerts in Manchester. The critic Samuel Langford wrote of her, "Her voice has a decided freshness and purity, and her interpretations, though not greatly varied, have confidence, alertness and charm."〔"Tuesday Midday Concerts", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 30 July 1924, p. 11〕 Gordon joined the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1926, singing on tour in England and Ireland and in a London season at the Prince's Theatre.〔Rollins and Witts, pp. 150–51〕 Beginning in 1927, she performed soprano roles with the company, including the Plaintiff in ''Trial by Jury'', Celia in ''Iolanthe'', Lady Psyche in ''Princess Ida'', Zorah in ''Ruddigore'' and Fiametta in ''The Gondoliers''.〔Rollins and Witts, p. 152〕 Her performance with the company as Lady Psyche at the Savoy Theatre in 1929 was singled out by ''The Times'' for particular praise.〔''The Times'', 3 December 1929, p. 12〕 She sings Fiametta on the 1927 D'Oyly Carte recording of ''The Gondoliers''.〔Shepherd, Marc. ("The 1927 D'Oyly Carte ''Gondoliers''" ) at ''A Gilbert and Sullivan Discography'', accessed 8 November 2009〕 She also sang Celia in the radio broadcast of ''Iolanthe'' from the Savoy Theatre in February 1930.〔Webster, Chris. (Original D'Oyly Carte Broadcasts ) at ''A Gilbert and Sullivan Discography'', 16 July 2005, accessed 8 November 2009〕 Gordon left the company at the end of the 1930 season, rejoining briefly in April 1931 as the Plaintiff in ''Trial by Jury''.〔Rollins and Witts, pp. 152–55〕 In 1931, Gordon moved to Canada. There, from November 1931 to February 1932, she sang in a cycle of all 13 Gilbert and Sullivan operas in radio broadcasts on the CBC, on the C-I-L-sponsored "Opera House of the Air".〔Stone, David. (Sybil Gordon ) at the ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'' website, 11 July 2002, accessed 8 November 2009〕 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「Sybil Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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