 In September of the same year, he became the company's principal tenor, for the next three years, playing the roles of Ralph Rackstraw in "H.M.S.Pinafore", Frederic in "The Pirates of Penzance", Earl Tolloller in "Iolanthe", Nanki-Poo in "The Mikado", and Luiz in "The Gondoliers".Round found the D'Oyly Carte touring schedule gruelling and left company in 1949.