Born in London in 1888 and educated at Bedford School, Darrell Fancourt trained at the London Royal Academy with Alberto Randegger (1832-1911) and Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944) and also in Germany with Lilli Lehmann (1848-1929). Already an experienced concert recitalist before he sang Galitzky in Borodin’s Prince Igor under Albert Coates at Covent Garden during the 1919 Beecham opera season, he joined D’Oyly Carte in 1920.
