Charles Manners Suggest updates
Southcote Mansergh.
Born London, 27 December 1857.
Died Dublin, 3 May 1935.
Irish bass and manager.
Charles Manners studied initially in Dublin and then in London at the Royal Academy of Music. After a brief period in Italy, he joined the D’Oyly Carte company at the Savoy in 1881.
Manners made his solo debut as Private Willis in Iolanthe the following year. He soon moved on to the Carl Rosa before joining Covent Garden.
In 1892 Manners appeared as Gremin in the British premiere of Eugene Onegin. This featured his wife Fanny Moody as Tatyana, and was conducted by Henry Wood.
After returning from an American tour, they worked extensively with the Carl Rosa before setting up the Moody-Manners company in 1898. This organisation continued to tour until 1916, though Manners himself retired from singing in 1913.
Towards the end of their careers, Manners and his wife also worked extensively singing in music halls.
Roles in Scotland
- Charles II King of Spain
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Maritana 1887
Maritana 1906
- Commendatore an elderly aristocrat
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Don Giovanni 1887
Don Giovanni 1888
- Pietro Masaniello's friend
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Masaniello 1887
- Pastor Abraham Schweidler, Mary's father
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Amber Witch 1900
- Fafner disguised as a dragon
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Siegfried 1901
- Méphistophélès the devil
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Faust 1902
Faust 1905
Faust 1908
Faust 1909
Faust 1910
- Heinrich Henry the Fowler, King of Germany
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Lohengrin 1905
Lohengrin 1908
- Devilshoof leader of the gypsies
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Bohemian Girl 1905
Bohemian Girl 1908
Bohemian Girl 1909
- Marcel Raoul's servant
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Huguenots 1905
- Prince Gremin a retired general
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Eugene Onegin 1906
Eugene Onegin 1909
- Sir John Falstaff a knight
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Lustigen Weiber von Windsor 1906
- Friar Lawrence
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Romeo and Juliet 1906
- Ramfis High Priest
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Aïda 1907
Aïda 1908
Aïda 1909
Aïda 1910
- Cardinal de Brogni
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Jewess 1908