What is Ian Wallace?
{{Orphan|date=December 2010}} '''Ian Wallace''' (born 10 July 1919; died 12 October 2009 in [[London]]) was a [[British people|British]] [[bass-baritone]] [[opera]] and [[concert]] [[singer]], [[actor]] and [[entertainer]]. Wallace was born in London and went to school at [[Charterhouse]]. He soon became known at school as someone who was good at making people laugh. He learned to sing lots of songs and [[accompaniment|accompanied]] himself on the [[banjo]]lele. When he wanted to study at [[university]] he applied for a [[choral scholarship]] at [[King’s College, Cambridge]], but he was not offered a place there, so he went to [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]]. There he studied [[law]] and was known for the [[joke]]s that he played on people. He also had singing lessons. Wallace wanted to go into [[music theatre]], but the [[World War II|war]] broke out and he joined the [[army]]. Then he was ill with [[tuberculosis]], but it did not stop him from singing to the people in the [[hospital]]. He took a long time to get better. Gradually he started working in music theatre and then he got a chance to sing in [[opera]]. His voice was a [[bass baritone]]. He sang with the New London Opera Company in operas such as ''[[La bohème]]'' and ''[[The Barber of Seville]]''. From 1948 to 1961, he regularly sang at [[Glyndebourne]]. He usually sang comic parts (known as “[[buffo]] roles). In 1948 he married Patricia Black. It was a long and happy marriage. The couple [[adoption|adopted]] two children. The Glyndebourne season took place in the [[summer]], so he had plenty of time to do other things the rest of the year. He sang in operas in the [[BBC]] studios and often appeared in [[pantomime]]s. Then he started to take part in a radio programme called “My Music”. Together with Frank Muir, Dennis Norden, David Franklin and Steve Race he made this programme extremely popular. It was a kind of lighthearted quiz programme with lots of stories and laughter. Wallace was particularly known for singi