Ivanhoe (opera)

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]

^ Ivanhoe^{[permanent dead link]} at The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. This has been surpassed only by Broadway's 2003 production of La bohème.
^ Dailey, Chapter 7
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