Scottish Opera’s slot at T in the Park

May 27 2011 by Alison Anderson, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

THERE’S a new twist to T in the Park at Balado near Kinross this year.

Organisers of Scotland’s biggest music festival have asked Scottish Opera to bring a ‘pocket sized’ version of Verdi’s Rigoletto to the event.

The 20-minute opera performances at T in the Park, called A Little Bit of Rigoletto, will feature a storyteller, singer, harpist and cellist.

Scottish Opera has previously taken the mini opera on tour and performed at Edinburgh Castle, the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, in car parks and in an Ikea store.

But a T in the Park main stage appearance for opera is a cultural step too far – instead, Scottish Opera will be doing its shows in the Healthy T tent at Balado.