Ivanhoe (opera)

For the similarly named opera by Rossini, see Ivanhoé.

Illustration of scene from Ivanhoe in The Graphic, 1891

Ivanhoe is a romantic opera in three acts based on the 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by Julian Sturgis. It premiered at the Royal English Opera House on 31 January 1891 for a consecutive run of 155 performances, a record for a grand opera.[1] Later that year it was performed six more times, making a total of 161 performances.[2] It was toured by Carl Rosa Opera Company in 1894–1895 but has rarely been performed since. The first complete, fully professional recording was released in 2010 on the Chandos Records label.[3]

  1. ^ Ivanhoe[permanent dead link‍] at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. This has been surpassed only by Broadway's 2003 production of La bohème.
  2. ^ Dailey, Chapter 7
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gram was invoked but never defined (see the help page).