Ian Wallace (singer) Again in Scotland, he appeared at Ledlanet Nights in his one-man shows and other performances including Colas in Mozart's early singspiel "Bastien und Bastienne"; Schlendrian in Bach's "Coffee Cantata"; and Mr Somers in "Gentleman's Island" by Joseph Horovitz. Also in the 1960s, he sang the main Donizetti buffo roles, "Don Pasquale" (Welsh National Opera, 1967) and Dulcamara in "L'elisir d'amore" (Glyndebourne Touring Opera, 1968). A late addition to his repertoire was Polyphemus in Handel's "Acis and Galatea" in 1977. Though not a fluent sight-reader of unfamiliar music, Wallace took on out-of-the way operatic roles including Konchak in "Prince Igor", Wagner
Croesus (opera) Croesus (opera) Der hochmütige, gestürzte und wieder erhabene Croesus ("The Proud, Overthrown and Again Exalted Croesus") is a three-act opera (described as a "Singe-Spiel") composed by Reinhard Keiser. The German language libretto by Lucas von Bostel was based on Nicolò Minato's 1678 dramma per musica "Creso", the music for which was composed by the Emperor Leopold I. Keiser's "Croesus" received its first performance at the Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg, in 1711 (exact date unknown). Later, the composer extensively revised the opera for a new version, which premièred at the same theatre on 6 December 1730. In the process, he discarded