Robert Scott Fishe was an English operatic baritone and actor best remembered for creating roles in the 1890s with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.
R. Scott Fishe as Mr Goldbury in Utopia Limited in 1893
As the Mikado of Japan, 1895
With Emmie Owen in The Grand Duke, 1896
Poster showing Fishe as Ferdinand de Roxas in The Chieftain (1894)
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. Later that year it was performed six more times, making a total of 161 performances. 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.
Illustration of scene from Ivanhoe in The Graphic, 1891
Standard programme cover
Hawes Craven's scenery for Ivanhoe
Souvenir of 100th performance