Pop-up opera shows to visit Lanarkshire venue

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A Lanarkshire attraction will be hosting “pop-up performances” this summer as part of a nationwide tour by Scottish Opera.The stage will be set at the David Livingstone birthplace museum in Blantyre on Sunday, June 4, for three 30-minute shows described as “opera on a miniature scale”.Audiences will be able to see one of two performances of highlights from Die Fledermaus by Strauss, while another performance will bring Tchaikovsky opera Eugene Onegin to the local venue.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The shows, which have been re-scored by Scottish Opera head of music Derek Clark, are described as “an ideal opportunity for anyone new to opera to try a taster of these classics, [with] a series of colourful illustrations [helping] guide audiences through the plot”.Both are performed by storyteller Allan Dunn, singers Jessica Leary and Andrew McTaggart, cellist Andrew Drummond Huggan and guitarists Sasha Savaloni and Ian Watt.

Meanwhile, younger primary school pupils in South Lanarkshire will also be treated to free performances of Puffy MacPuffer and the Crabbit Canals as part of the same touring programme, with the specially-created telling of the five waterways linking Scotland including Lanarkshire’s “hard working” Monkland canal.