Ivanhoe, Sullivan's most important work without Gilbert, was an ambitious attempt to establish an English operatic tradition that would rival those of continental Europe. Its history was chequered ...
Ivanhoe opened to a great fanfare in January 1891. It was the inaugural production at the Royal English Opera House, built by D’Oyly Carte to be the London home of – yes – English opera. It ran for an ...
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