Step into the garden for opera highlights

Residents in Perth will be able to enjoy a taste of the opera later this year.

Scottish Opera is bringing its‘Opera Highlights’tour to Perth Theatre on Thursday, October 3 and the show will feature four singers and a pianist.

The setting for Roxana Haines’ production is a beautiful garden party, and it will feature a playlist of operatic classics curated by Scottish Opera’s head of music Derek Clark.

Some of the highlights include Delibes’ ‘Flower duet’, Vaughan Williams’‘Blue larkspur in a garden’and more from Mozart, Lehar and Scottish Opera’s composer in residence Samuel Bordoli.

Roxana said:“This year’s‘Opera Highlights’cast cordially invite you to a party on your doorstep, set throughout luscious gardens and magical flora and fauna of opera.

“The stage has been set, decorations unpacked and the guests have all arrived but, the only problem is, no one quite knows who or why we’re celebrating.

“As the evening progresses, the connections between our characters unravel through music from the likes of Handel, Donizetti and Mozart, and lighter pieces from Gilbert and Sullivan and Vaughan Williams as well as a new work by Samuel Bordoli. Prepare for charm, magic and love in all its operatic forms.”

The pianist and musical director Ian Show, is joined by emerging artist soprano Charlie Drummond, mezzosoprano Martha Jones, tenor Alex Bevan and baritone Mark Nathan.

Alex Reedijk, general director of Scottish Opera, added:“I am delighted that Scottish Opera will be touring what promises to be another sensational ‘Opera Highlights’to 34 venues across Scotland in the autumn and spring.

“This long-standing and much acclaimed commitment by the company to presenting work across Scotland is part of what makes us Scottish Opera, and is welcomed by our far-flung audiences as a lovely operatic tonic.’’

Tickets cost £14.50, under 26s £5 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031 or www.horsecross.co.uk