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
Mateo Falcone (opera) Mateo Falcone (opera) Mateo Falcone ("Матео Фальконе" in Cyrillic; "Mateo Fal'kone" in transliteration) is a one-act opera composed by César Cui during 1906–1907. (Actually, Cui designated the genre of this work as "dramatic scene.") The libretto was adapted by the composer from Prosper Mérimée's like-named story from 1829 and Vasily Zhukovsky's verse rendering thereof. It was premiered on 14 December 1907 (Old Style), at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (the work was given along with the composer's early one-act comic opera, "The Mandarin's Son"). The premiere production of "Mateo" was a failure; the work never became part of the standard