Lois McDonall from the Seraglio" by Mozart. In following seasons she performed Fiordiligi from "Così fan tutte", the Countess in "Le nozze di Figaro", Roselinda in "Die Fledermaus", Antonia in "The Tales of Hoffmann", Leonora in "Il trovatore", Freia in "Das Rheingold", Hanna in "The Merry Widow", the title role in Massenet's "Manon", Marschallin in "Der Rosenkavalier", Violetta in "La traviata", Miss Jessel in "The Turn of the Screw" and she created the title role in Iain Hamilton's "Anna Karenina". Lois McDonall spent 14 years as a resident artist with the English National Opera. In addition to her tenure at the ENO,
Opera nozze di Figaro"), "Don Giovanni", and "Così fan tutte", as well as "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" ("The Abduction from the Seraglio"), and "The Magic Flute" ("Die Zauberflöte"), landmarks in the German tradition. The first third of the 19th century saw the high point of the bel canto style, with Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini all creating works that are still performed. It also saw the advent of Grand Opera typified by the works of Auber and Meyerbeer. The mid-to-late 19th century was a golden age of opera, led and dominated by Giuseppe Verdi in Italy and Richard