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
Once again, we’ve had a great year at Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival. Check out the great reviews, articles, and interviews below! “As ever, Tête à Tête is the mother of contemporary music theatre.” – The Stage “If you think opera is all fans and handkerchiefs, be prepared to have your … Continued
We are all absolutely delighted by the news that, thanks to a significant investment 2023-2026, Tête à Tête remains an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. This means the bulk of our funding, which covers our core operations as well as many projects, should be in place for a further three years. This will support … Continued
In 2020, we were proud to support Graeae Theatre Company with the development of Errollyn Wallen’s new chamber opera The Paradis Files, screening a documentary about the making of the piece as part of the Festival (You can watch the documentary here). We are delighted to learn that thanks to successful funding, the opera has … Continued
As 2022 gets underway, here’s one last look back at 2021 – all the press coverage of our different projects. From communities performing for the G8 to our live and online festival, there’s all sorts of wonderful reviews, articles, and interviews for you to read: Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2021 Press Report … Continued
Something emerges in the debris… It’s tickets for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2021 – get yours today! Our artists are emerging undaunted from the wreckage of 2020 to unearth new discoveries, whether drawing lessons from the past or exploring future utopias and dystopias. We anticipate you will be sat socially distanced and mask … 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
