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
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company popular Offenbach operetta "La Périchole" he brought W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan together. On tour in 1871, Carte had conducted Arthur Sullivan's one-act comic opera "Cox and Box", which received an 1874 London revival. In 1873, W. S. Gilbert had offered a libretto to Carte about an English courtroom, but at the time Carte knew of no composer available to set it to music. Carte remembered Gilbert's libretto and suggested to Gilbert that Sullivan write the music for a one-act comic opera, "Trial by Jury", which was quickly composed and added to the Royalty's bill in March 1875. The