In June 2021, we initiated Song of the Sea/Kan an Mor, a large-scale community project as part of the G7 arts programme, sending a thoughtful message about plastic marine litter and environmental issues to the world leaders assembled in Carbis Bay. For the 2021 COP26 conference, we’re very happy to release this … Continued
After all our hard work bringing live opera to live audiences in 2020, it was a pleasure to receive special recognition from the jury of the International Opera Awards, alongside many other excellent artists and companies who met the challenges of the pandemic. Our Artistic Director Bill Bankes-Jones features in this short video summing … Continued
This part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. Tête à Tête safely co-hosted 19 different live productions with live audiences between July and September 2020 with The Cockpit, including a DCMS pilot for the return to indoor performance. We’ve created this short film in the hope that others … Continued
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
This part of our Learning From 2020 tools for artists and producers. We’re pleased to share our core evaluation document. This shows the full story behind our work 2019-2020, covering all artistic and organisational activity. It is a self-evaluation report that feeds into all our planning, from the shows we programme to our … 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
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, 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
We’re very pleased to be releasing the Tête à Tête Inclusion Report 2020. The following is a note from its lead author, Leo Doulton. Introducing the Report Tête à Tête has always been ahead of the wider operatic sector when it comes to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and has an admirable track … Continued
