[1] In 1979 he joined Kent Opera, for whom over the next six years he played buffo roles such as Antonio the gardener in The Marriage of Figaro and Dr Bartolo in The Barber of Seville.
[2] Having performed over 35 roles for English National Opera, Shore describes it as 'the closest thing to feeling like a home company for me.
[9] For Glyndebourne he has played Baron Douphol in La traviata (1988), the Mayor in Jenůfa (1990), Mr Gedge in Albert Herring (1990), Falstaff (1990), Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte (1991), Dr Kolenaty in The Makropulos Affair (1995 and 1997), Dikój in Káťa Kabanová (1998), Bartolo in Le Nozze Di Figaro (2000 and 2012) and Krušina in The Bartered Bride.
[1] For the Lyric Opera of Chicago he has played Falstaff, Rossini's Bartolo, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Dikój, and Pooh-Bah in The Mikado.
[4] Shore has sung the role of Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth, the Liceu, Barcelona, the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires and other houses.