Ivanhoe (opera) - Roles and Original Cast

Roles and Original Cast

Below are listed the roles in the opera. Alternative singers were provided for the chief roles - not as separate 'first' and 'second' casts, but in different mixtures:

  • Richard Coeur-de-Lion, King of England (Disguised as the Black Knight) (bass) - Norman Salmond and Franklin Clive
  • Prince John (baritone) - Richard Green and Wallace Brownlow
  • Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert (Commander of the Knights Templar) (baritone) - Eugene Oudin, François Noije and Richard Green
  • Maurice de Bracy - Charles Kenningham (tenor) (all performances)
  • Lucas de Beaumanoir (Grand Master of the Templars) (bass-baritone) - Adams Owen (all performances)
  • Cedric the Saxon (Thane of Rotherwood) (bass-baritone) - David Ffrangcon Davies and W. H. Burgon
  • Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe (His son, disguised as a Palmer) (tenor) - Ben Davies and Joseph O'Mara
  • Friar Tuck - Avon Saxon (bass-baritone) (all performances)
  • Isaac of York - Charles Copland (bass) (all performances)
  • Locksley - W. H. Stephens (tenor) (all performances)
  • The Squire - Frederick Bovill (tenor) (all performances)
  • Wamba, Jester to Cedric - Mr. Cowis (non-singing role) (all performances)
  • The Lady Rowena (Ward of Cedric) (soprano) - Esther Palliser and Lucille Hill
  • Ulrica - Marie Groebl (mezzo-soprano) (all performances)
  • Rebecca (Daughter of Isaac of York) (soprano) - Margaret Macintyre and Miss I. Thudichum

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