CARTE, RICHARD D'OYLY (1844-1901), English im presario, was born in Soho, London, on May 3, 1844, the son of a flautist, who was a partner in the firm of Rudall, Carte and Co., instrument makers. Young Carte matriculated at University college, London, in 1861, and then entered his father's business, using his spare time for the composition of operettas. In 1870 he set up in business for himself as a concert and lecture agent, and soon had many famous names on his list. His first important theatrical venture was the production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury (March 25, 1875). He then formed a small syndi cate to rent the Opera Comique for the production of other Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The enterprise was a huge success. After the production of H. M. S. Pinafore (1878) the syndicate was dissolved, and Carte, Gilbert and Sullivan conducted the enterprise as partners, Carte being manager of the theatre. Carte then built a permanent home for light opera in the Savoy Theatre, where for many years the Gilbert and Sullivan operas enjoyed unlimited popularity, making the fortunes of all concerned. For the subsequent course and eventual termination of the partner ship see the articles GILBERT and SULLIVAN. The last work which they wrote together was The Grand Duke (1896). After that date Carte relied partly on revivals, and on new combina tions of authors and composers. At the same time he organized touring companies which performed the Savoy works all over the country. A less successful venture on his part was the build ing of what was called in the first instance the English Opera House, with the object of establishing grand opera on a permanent basis in London. For the undertaking, after making a promising start with Sullivan's Ivanhoe (Jan. 31, 1891) , followed by an English version of Messager's La Basoche, proved a failure, and Carte sold the house to Augustus Harris who turned it into the Palace Theatre. Carte did not long survive his friend Sullivan, dying on April 3, 1991, but the operations of the touring com panies which he had founded continued to be carried on with success by his widow, Mrs. Stanley Carr Boulter.