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Thomas Round
Thomas Round (born 18 October 1915) is a retired English opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas and in grand opera.
Round began working as a joiner and then a police officer. During World War II, Round served in the RAF, training in Texas and later becoming a flight instructor for the United States Air Force, while singing in churches. He sang leading tenor roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1946 to 1949. He next spent six years in the 1950s singing opera and operetta with Sadler's Wells Opera. From 1958 to 1964, Round again performed mostly with the D'Oyly Carte company. He co-founded a new ensemble, Gilbert and Sullivan for All, with which he toured extensively, singing and serving as one of the company's directors. He also broadcast on radio and television and is heard on many recordings.
==Life and career==
Round was born and raised in Barrow-in-Furness (now in Cumbria but at that time part of Lancashire).〔("Thomas Round" ). ''Memories of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', accessed 5 July 2010〕 He began singing as a child in the St Paul's Mission church choir, where he met his furture wife, Alice (d. 30 December 2010).〔("Happy 100th birthday to opera legend" ), ''Lancaster Guardian'', 17 October 2015〕 On leaving school he started working as an apprentice joiner and competed at some music festivals. In 1936 he joined the police force and was stationed in Lancaster.〔("He's a man who knows the score" ). ''The Lancaster Guardian,'' 10 November 2005〕〔 In 1938 he married Alice at St Paul's Church, Barrow, and the couple had one son, Ellis.〔("Tenor and wife toast 70 years of marriage," ) ''North West Evening Mail'', 15 August 2008〕
During World War II, Round became a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force and was sent for flight training to the No. 1 British Flying Training School in Terrell, Texas. Later in the war, he served as a flying instructor for the United States Air Force.〔Stone, David. (Thomas Round ) at ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', 4 April 2003, accessed 5 July 2010〕 During this time he began his performing career, later recalling, "I was doing a lot of singing every Sunday in churches all over Texas. I had my own plane so I would fly down 300 miles to San Antonio for an 11 a.m. service, I would sing and then I would fly back home in the evening."〔 He was offered the chance to appear as a guest in a college production in Dallas, playing Canio in ''I Pagliacci''. "It was my first time in any type of production but I loved it."〔 Round was offered a place at a music school in New York, but turned it down in order to return home to England.〔
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