Avon Saxon
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Avon Dawson Saxon was a Canadian operatic and concert singer who created the role of Friar Tuck in the romantic opera Ivanhoe by Arthur Sullivan and Julian Sturgis and Francal in Mirette by André Mess
Avon Saxon
Saxon as Friar Tuck in Ivanhoe, drawn by Linley Sambourne for Punch (1891)
Saxon as Friar Tuck in Ivanhoe (1891), taken from the souvenir programme for the 100th performance
Ivanhoe (opera)
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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
Avon Saxon
…Avon Dawson Saxon (c. 1857 – 24 March 1909) was a Canadian operatic and concert singer who created the role of Friar Tuck in the romantic opera Ivanhoe (1891) by Arthur Sullivan and Julian Sturgis and Francal in Mirette by André Messager at the Savoy Theatre in 1894. Avon Saxon was born in Grand-Pré…
Illustration of scene from Ivanhoe in The Graphic, 1891
Standard programme cover
Hawes Craven's scenery for Ivanhoe
Souvenir of 100th performance