Isidore Godfrey

Date of birth : 09/27/1900

Date of death : 09/12/1977

City of birth : Rotherhithe, London, England, UK

Isidore Godfrey joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1925, leaving in 1968 by which time he was the company's principal conductor and musical director. He was married to two members of the company. Firstly to soprano chorister Marguerite Kynaston, and later to soprano (later contralto) principal Ann Drummond-Grant. He conducted the orchestras on many Gilbert and Sullivan/D'Oyly Carte recordings for HMV and Decca, many of which are still available on CD.