Richard Barker Cobb Temple was an English opera singer, actor and stage director, best known for his performances in the famous series of Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
After an opera career beginning in 1869, Temple joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1877. There, he created most of the bass-baritone roles in the Savoy Operas, as follows: Sir Marmaduke in The Sorcerer, Dick Deadeye in H.M.S. Pinafore, the Pirate King in the London production of The Pirates of Penzance, Colonel Calverle...
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