Save the dates for Tête à Tête 2026!

We’ve got a delightful selection of shows for you this coming year, showing off pioneering opera projects in schools, conservatoires, and festivals.   More details to come, but to get some dates in your diaries:   The Rain Show, 22-27th April   A collaboration between British and Kenyan artists, Tête à Tête is teaming up … Continued

Read all the press from 2025!

It’s been a busy year across the UK for Tête à Tête. But it’s not gone unnoticed – and if you want to read all the reviews, features, and more from our 2025, this is the perfect place to do it! Tête à Tête 2025 PR Report.        

Support Tête à Tête while you shop

Do you want to do your shopping, help new opera, and push big businesses’ profits towards a good cause?   Then please use Easy Fundraising to support Tête à Tête. It means that, when you shop at loads of big retailers (including John Lewis, ASOS, Expedia, M&S and thousands more), the business will automatically donate … Continued

Tête à Tête is proud to be in Opera America’s Digital Opera Catalogue

Opera America has just published the first edition of their Digital Opera Catalogue, and we’re delighted to have hundreds of productions both produced and hosted by Tête à Tête in the catalogue.   This promises to be an invaluable resource for producers looking for the next show to stage, especially in the USA’s well-established ecosystem … Continued

Catch Some Highlights From 2025!

It’s been a great year for Tête à Tête, with Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2025 reaching outside London for the first time with our Newcastle stint.   You can watch some highlights here:     And then we went back to London, where the smogasboard of new works continued:     (It’d be … Continued

Tête à Tête welcomes the UKOA’s new leadership

As a founding member of the UK Opera Association (UKOA), we’re really happy to share the news that Thangam Debbonaire will lead the body as its first Chief Executive Officer, with Bob Willard Watts as its Chief Operating Officer.   UKOA will champion opera in the UK and promote its significant contribution to national life. … Continued

The Rain Show: A UK- Kenya Collaboration for Young Audiences

What   Find our event page here.   Donate towards The Rain Show HERE   Tête à Tête has teamed up with Baraka Opera Kenya and Across Arts for a UK tour of schools across Cornwall and the North East of England.   In collaboration with Tête à Tête’s Artistic and Music directors, Kenyan composer Shaka Lwaki … Continued

I want to share something at The Joy Of Opera!

So, You’ve Heard About The Joy Of Opera…   (If not, take a look at this page.)   Do You Want To Share Something?   If you’ve got something you’d like to share, we’d love to hear about it.   We’re open to anything. The core advice is:   Does it offer something to other … Continued

Newcastle: A Message From Bill

I’m over the moon with the success of our week’s residency at Alphabetti with Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival.   We were so pleased to continue building on our programme of networking and opera-maker development with our Opera Escape Room, while also very proud to present two full shows and a programme of shorts … Continued

Open invitation: UK Opera Association

We’re happy to share a message from the UK Opera Association:   Are you an opera maker, producer or staff member of an opera company? Please join an open meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss and collaborate on the creation of a representative body for the opera sector. You can register here.