2024 sees us developing our own productions, supporting artists from the UK and around the world to stage new works, and firing up new audiences for new opera wherever we go. Here’s some dates for the diary: Fault Lines, Cornwall, 6th-9th March Mining, migration, mythology, memories, music, mischief… A Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Production … Continued
JOIN NORTH SHIELDS’ NEW OPERA CHORUS FOR GALA 2024! WE NEED YOU! Whether you’ve been singing in choirs all your life, or this would be your very first time, this project is for you! We are looking for people from 18 onwards to join North Shields’ very own brand-new opera chorus to celebrate the spirit and … Continued
We have partnered up with Royal Northern Sinfonia who are providing two instrumentalists to join our two singers and creative team to workshop new works by composers who base their practice in the North East of England. The workshops will run over two days, 14th-15th May 2024. No previous experience with opera … Continued
Going on sale 28th February 2024. The Boatswain’s Mate (Concert Performance). 10th & 12th September 2024 The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6JU Music & Words: Ethel Smyth Director: Bill Bankes-JonesMusic Music Director: Patrick Bailey A happy widow. A lovesick boatswain. A plot to foil a fake burglary and so … Continued
Tête à Tête is pleased to announce our next project: FAULT LINES Mining, migration, mythology, memories, music, mischief… A Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Production in association with Tête à Tête and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, at Wheal Martyn Clay Works, St Austell, St Agnes Miners & Mechanics’ Institute, St Agnes, Kresen … Continued
1. We are artists who make opera. 2. Our world is limited only by the boundaries of our imagination. 3. We can do or make anything. 4. We work together, and together with our audiences. We will not make art in isolation. 5. A defining feature of our work is that our artists affect our … Continued
15th May 2020 After two months of skating around on very thin ice, it’s very exciting indeed to have put together a programme for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival this summer. Key to being able to do this, was writing The Manifesto. As long as I was asking artists to commit themselves, their … Continued
I think we’re all really stressed and this damned virus is the last straw. I think at a time we need to come together and share we are being forced apart, so I thought maybe we could make an instant online festival now where we all grab our phones and sing something in reaction … Continued
You can see what we got up to after February here.
If you shop online, you can raise money for Tête à Tête. The retailer makes the donation. There is no charge to you at all. They are just happy for you to shop with them. Over 4,000 retailers take part in the scheme. All you have to do is create an account via the Easy … Continued
