This is part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. We are so pleased that the Paul Hamlyn Foundation has encouraged us to share our learning from our experience in reopening the opera/theatre sector last year. Tête à Tête safely hosted 19 different live productions with live audiences between July and September 2020, including a DCMS pilot for … Continued
Leo Doulton, Marketing Director This part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. As we start another year of lockdowns (though with a vaccine in sight), my colleagues and I at Tête à Tête are going to be sharing what we learnt over the past year in a series of … Continued
By Claire Shovelton, photographer for Tête à Tête: the Opera Festival This part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. Photographing Tête à Tête: the Opera Festival 2020 Throughout 2020, in a shared act of imagination, perseverance, creativity and hope, the team at Tête à Tête and its community … Continued
This part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. We’ve had an extraordinary year at Tête à Tête, and have the numbers to prove it. Take a look at what we’ve achieved since May. You can download a PDF version of this image here.
As part of our #ForArtists offering, we’re inviting past Festival artists to share their experiences, and tell you how their opera became a reality. In today’s blog, Martin Bussey reflects on how creating work at the Festival gave him new creative possibilities. It’s easy to see Tête à Tête as a festival where you … Continued
As part of our #ForArtists offering, we’re inviting past Festival artists to share their experiences, and tell you how their opera became a reality. In today’s blog, Dr Susannah Self reflects on her research into making opera more socially inclusive. Recently I was in a zoom meeting with Bill Banks-Jones and the Tête à … Continued
As part of our #ForArtists offering, we’re inviting past Festival artists to share their experiences, and tell you how their opera became a reality. In today’s blog, Clare McCaldin reflects on how performing at the Festival enhanced her agency as an artist. From Plain Jane to Queen Mary I had been attending performances … Continued
As part of our #ForArtists offering, we’re inviting past Festival artists to share their experiences, and tell you how their opera became a reality. In today’s blog, Laure Meloy reflects on One Art’s transatlantic journey, and how it changed her life. In the 1990s, I was fresh out of music school, temping in New … Continued
The COVID-19 pandemic in ongoing and arts organisations around the globe have kept putting out new resources. We have rounded up some of our recent favourites to help our artists: 1. UK Music’s Music Creators’ Survey This year more than ever, clear information about the state of the industry is going to be … Continued
The internet has been filling with different resources for creatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have rounded up some of those we think will be of use to our artists: 1. Arts Council Digital Culture Network The Arts Council has been boosting digital culture over the past years. Whether you’re an experienced veteran … Continued
