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English bass-baritone.

Sydney Granville was a long-serving member of the D'Oyly Carte company. He sang both solo parts and principal roles. Over a twenty year period he sang three different characters in The Gondoliers. as well as two each in Iolanthe and Princess Ida.

Roles in Scotland

Luiz the Duke's Attendant: Gondoliers 1916
Giuseppe Palmieri a Venetian Gondolier: Gondoliers 1922
Pish-Tush a Noble Lord: Mikado 1922
Strephon an Arcadian Shepherd: Iolanthe 1922
Florian Hilarion's Friend: Princess Ida 1922
Wilfred Shadbolt Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor: Yeomen of the Guard 1933
Don Alhambra del Bolero the Grand Inquisitor: Gondoliers 1933
Learned Judge: Trial By Jury 1935
Trial By Jury 1937
Sergeant of Police: Pirates of Penzance 1935
Pirates of Penzance 1937
Private Willis B Company, 1st Grenadier Guards: Iolanthe 1935
Sir Despard Murgatroyd of Ruddigore, a Wicked Baronet: Ruddigore 1935
King Hildebrand: Princess Ida 1937