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Alan Styler

Baritone

Alan Arthur Styler was born, 1st October 1925, to
parents Arthur Styler and Madeleine A. (nee Cook),
in Redditch Worcestershire. He died 1st September
1970 in Manchester.

He joined the Grenadier Guards at the age of
seventeen and served during the Second World War.
Styler was an English opera singer who joined D'Oyly
Carte in 1947.

1925 - 1970

Styler (right) as Giuseppe in The
Gondoliers with Leonard Osborn

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Alan Arthur Styler was born, 1st October
1925, to parents Arthur Styler and George Cook and
Madeleine A. (nee Cook), in Redditch Alan Styler in
Worcestershire. He died 1st September “Cox and Box”
1970 in Manchester. (source

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Second World War. Styler was an English
opera singer who joined D'Oyly Carte in
1947 and was best known for his
performances in baritone roles of the
Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte
Opera Company.

He spent his entire two-decade career aty
the D'Oyly Carte. Some of his key roles
were the Counsel in Trial by Jury,
Strephon in Iolanthe, Pish-Tush in The
Mikado, Giuseppe in The Gondoliers, Mr.
Cox in Cox and Box, Grosvenor in
Patience and the Lieutenant of the Tower,
in The Yeomen of the Guard. He recorded
most of these roles with the company.
Styler was particularly popular with both
audiences and his fellow members of
D'Oyly Carte. He married fellow D'Oyly
Carte player Vera Ryan.

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