Festival of songs by Scottish tenor Stuart Patterson

by Michèle Laird

July 27, 2010 | 11:59

Airs from famous operas resound until August 8 in the small Jura village of Montperreux, just 60 kilometres out of Lausanne. Started last year by Stuart Patterson, the renowned Scottish tenor, the Festival Lyrique de Montperreux attracts music and nature lovers alike to concerts and recitals given in a charming church perched above Lake Saint-Pont.

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