16-889: Nickell is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Elizabeth Nickell-Lean , mezzo-soprano Francis M. Nickell , American politician Joe Nickell , paranormal investigator Matt Nickell , American soccer player Nick Nickell , American bridge player Stella Nickell , American criminal Stephen Nickell , British economist and academic Nickell Robey , American football player Oliver Tree , Musician See also [ edit ] Murder of Rachel Nickell Nickell Homestead and Mill , historic site Nickell Memorial Armory , in Topeka, Kansas Nickell Peak , mountain in Australia [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
32-525: A new home in Sussex in 1947. In 1949, they joined other former members of the D'Oyly Carte, Richard Walker , Helen Roberts , John Dean and Anna Bethell , in Australia, where they were engaged by Frank Tait for a Gilbert and Sullivan tour of Australia and New Zealand with the J. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company . They performed in Australasia until 1951. In 1952, Rands and Eyre played
48-1232: A voice teacher to lower her range to prepare for her new assignments and became the company's principal soubrette , playing Cousin Hebe in H.M.S. Pinafore , Edith in The Pirates of Penzance , Saphir in Patience , the title role in Iolanthe , Pitti-Sing in The Mikado , Mad Margaret in Ruddigore , and Tessa in The Gondoliers . Nellie Briercliffe played the last four of those roles from October 1929 to May 1930, but Eyre played Constance in The Sorcerer instead. In 1930, Eyre resumed all her principal soubrette roles, except switching to Lady Angela in Patience and adding Melissa in Princess Ida and Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of
64-792: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Elizabeth Nickell-Lean Elizabeth Gertrude Nickell-Lean (11 May 1908–20 January 1986) was a mezzo-soprano who sang mostly minor roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for six years during the 1930s and on occasion sang the main soubrette roles, including the title character in Iolanthe . Nickell-Lean was born in Liverpool in 1908, one of four children of Philippa Marian née West (1878–1935) and Thomas Nickell-Lean (1869–1923). Her older sister Marion Marjorie Nickell-Lean (1903–1970) married Sir William Prince-Smith O.B.E. M.C. (1898–1964) 3rd baronet of
80-611: The Prince-Smith baronets of Hillbrook . Nickell-Lean first appeared on stage in 1915, aged seven, in a Liverpool charity performance. Following this she was reportedly offered a place with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, which was declined by her parents. She went on to study singing and German lieder in Manchester and London and made a number of concert appearances across the provinces. She joined
96-681: The Royal College of Music . Eyre joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1924 playing chorus roles and taking the small part of Giulia in The Gondoliers . In 1925 in one of the D'Oyly Carte touring companies, she took over her first leading soprano role, Yum-Yum in The Mikado , and also was given the small parts of Lady Ella in Patience and Celia (and, sometimes, Phyllis) in Iolanthe . In 1926, she moved up from Ella to
112-571: The D'Oyly Carte's 1936 recording of The Mikado . Nickell-Lean left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in July 1937 but credited as Elizabeth Paynter she played Pitti-Sing in the 1939 film The Mikado . Nickell-Lean retired from the stage in 1939 in London when she married clinical pathologist Dr. Hugh Francis Brewer (1901–1982) of the Ministry of Health Emergency Hospital Service. Later that year
128-589: The Guard . She played these all of the mezzo-soprano roles for the next 15 seasons (except when she gave up Iolanthe and Pitti-Sing for two seasons and Edith for one), until she left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1946. Eugene Burr, in The Billboard , praised her performance as Tessa in The Gondoliers during the company's American tour in 1936. She was known for her "economy of gesture", comic timing and ability to convey emotion. Eyre and Rands moved to
144-525: The chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in November 1931 and was soon playing minor roles including Isabel in The Pirates of Penzance , Peep-Bo in The Mikado , Ruth in Ruddigore and Giulia in The Gondoliers . By August 1932 she moved up to the slightly larger role of Vittoria in The Gondoliers so that during the 1932–34 seasons she regularly sang Isabel, Peep-Bo, Ruth and Vittoria. During
160-530: The principal mezzo-soprano roles. In August 1936 Nickell-Lean again played the title role in Iolanthe , and during 1936–37, her last season with D'Oyly Carte, she joined the company's 1936 tour of North America, appearing as Kate in Pirates , Lady Saphir in Patience , the title role in Iolanthe , Sacharissa in Princess Ida , Peep-Bo in The Mikado , and Vittoria in The Gondoliers . She sang Peep-Bo on
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#1732791859970192-547: The small role of Ada in Princess Ida while continuing to play her other minor roles. She appeared in these roles in the 1934 North America tour. During the 1935–36 season she relinquished Iolanthe to Eyre and assumed the small role of Leila in that operetta, adding more small roles to her repertoire: Lady Saphir in Patience , Kate in Pirates and Sacharissa in Princess Ida . Meanwhile, she continued to play Peep-Bo in The Mikado , Ruth in Ruddigore and Vittoria in The Gondoliers , while continuing to fill in as required in
208-404: The temporary absence of the company's leading mezzo-soprano, Marjorie Eyre , Nickell-Lean stepped in to play the leading soubrette roles of Iolanthe in Iolanthe , Melissa in Princess Ida , Pitti-Sing in The Mikado , Mad Margaret in Ruddigore and Phoebe Meryll in The Yeomen of the Guard . In August 1934 Nickell-Lean was promoted to the title role in Iolanthe , and for a period added
224-525: The title role in Patience . Later that year, she was also given the leading soprano roles of Rose Maybud in Ruddigore and Gianetta The Gondoliers . That year she also married a fellow member of the company, Leslie Rands . Later in their careers, the two would often be paired on stage. In 1927, Eyre returned to the main company where, in 1928, she was sharing Patience, Phyllis, Yum-Yum, Rose and Gianetta. In 1929 Rupert D'Oyly Carte decided to assign mezzo-soprano roles to Eyre and sent her to study with
240-890: The two were registered as living in Luton , Bedfordshire, where Nickell-Lean's occupation was listed as "Unpaid domestic duties". During the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's centenary celebrations in 1975 all 13 extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas were performed. In the final performance of Trial by Jury the regular D'Oyly Carte chorus was augmented by fourteen former stars of the company: Sylvia Cecil , Elsie Griffin , Ivan Menzies , John Dean , Radley Flynn , Nickell-Lean, Ella Halman , Leonard Osborn , Cynthia Morey, Jeffrey Skitch , Alan Barrett, Mary Sansom , Philip Potter and Gillian Humphreys. In her later years Nickell-Lean lived at 9 Barton Street in London, SW1. She died in 1986, aged 77, and left an estate valued at £462,519. Marjorie Eyre Marjorie Eyre-Parker (1897 – 3 December 1987)
256-546: Was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in first the soprano , and later the mezzo-soprano , roles of the Savoy operas . She performed with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for more than two decades and later performed with the J. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company . She married another D'Oyly Carte performer, Leslie Rands , in 1926. Eyre was born and raised in Derby , England, and studied at
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