19:00-21:00, 3rd, 4th, & 6th July 2026
Britten Theatre & Online
Enjoy five world-premiere short operas by Royal College of Music composers, brought to life by RCM singers and instrumentalists working with Tête à Tête. We’re delighted to bring our theatrical flair to the outstanding composers, singers and instrumentalists of RCM for our eighth biannual collaboration.
Each piece transports you to a new fantastical setting, where you’ll encounter magical characters revealing stories of human emotion.
Operas include Daniel Musashi’s Ogga Loggas, in which ancient forests and age-old curses teach us the importance of looking after our world, and Lasha Kharkhelauri’s Ramona, a Georgian tale of love and upheaval set inside a puppet theatre.
The RCM Opera Studio is supported by the Patrick and Helena Frost Foundation and Old Possum’s Practical Trust.
Tête à Tête is supported by Arts Council England and the Friends of Tête à Tête.
Age range: All ages
Venue: Britten Theatre,
Full programme:
The Boy Who Went To Find Fear
Ogga Loggas
Three Lives
Ramona
The Nightingale And The Rose
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Conductor: Michael Rosewell
Designer: Sarah Jane Booth
Produced by the Royal College of Music in association with Tête à Tête
The Boy Who Went to Find Fear
Words & Music: Deniz Dortok
Meddah 1: Emma McClean
Meddah 2: Rachel Howe
The Boy: Bella Marslen
The Mother: Katy Reilly
The Tailor/Gulyabani (The Ghoul): Tom Law
The Mayor/Chief Bandit: Alex Hardy
Farmer: Tim Burton
Fisher: John Johnston
Doctor: Olivia Forbes
Village Elder: Ustinya Malinina
Caregiver: Ustinya Malinina
Villager: Tim Burton
Trapped Villager: Ustinya Malinina
Chorus: Olivia Forbes, Ustinya Malinina, Tim Burton, John Johnston
Ogga Loggas
Music Daniel Musashi
Original Story: Jacques Allen
Words: Ed Allen
Polly: Eden Shifroni
Sean: Anastasia Koorn
Woughta: Ustinya Malinina
Airie: Zhen Liu
Erfie: David Fraser
Three Lives
Words & Music: Asher Joyce
Iphigenia (‘Iffy’): Charlotte Kennedy
Mum: Anastasia Koorn
Trevor: Taining Zhao
Swordslinger: Tim Burton
Plunderator: Eve Kim
Megalotron: Alex Hardy
Chorus: Sarah Thomas, Rachel Howe, Yiran Shi
Ramona
Music: Lasha Kharkhelauri
Words: Sandro Tsikoridze
Ermon (Puppet): Archie Inns
Ramona (Puppet): Charlotte Kennedy
Puppeteer: Henry Godwin
Theatre Manager: Alex Hardy
Circus Clown: Yiran Shi
The Nightingale and the Rose
Words and Music: Ruvin Meda from the story by Oscar Wilde
The Student: Tom Law
Professor’s Daughter: Eden Shifroni
Nightingale: Bella Marslen
Green Lizard: Eve Kim
Butterfly: Sarah Thomas
Daisy: Aneska Diament
White Rose Tree: Zhen Liu
Yellow Rose Tree: David Fraser
Red Rose Tree: Taining Zhao