19:30-20:05, Tuesday 8th September 2026

The Cockpit

 

Performers: Caitlin Redding, voice; Joan Cantallops, piano

Music: Xavier Pagès i Corella, Joan Magrané, Anna Campmany

Words: Robert Louis Stevenson, Joan Duran Ferrer, Josep Carner, Maria Antònia Salvà

 

Discover the magic of Catalunya through a triptych of fairytales! Come wander misty mountain ranges, fight prickly dragons (or are they simply cactus…?), and watch magical dragonflies take flight as we explore stories old and new from one of Europe’s oldest and most legendary regions.

 

In Catalan & English.

 

Composers:

Xavier Pagès i Corella (b.1971)

Songs: The Northwest Passage (Good night, Shadow March, In port), La canço de la trapecista (from ‘Bruna de Nit’)

 

Joan Magrané (b.1988)

Songs: Joc d’aigua, Enmig de tu i de mi, El reflex

 

Anna Campmany (b. 1993)

Songs: Tres Pinzellades (Libel·lula, Posta en els cims, D’un cactus)

 

Librettists:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Joan Duran Ferrer

Josep Carner

Maria Antònia Salvà

 

 

Age range: All ages.

Content advisories: Click here for a full list of content advisories for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2026 shows.

 

In a festival of new work, please note that shows can often overrun.

 

Produced by Caitlin Redding

 

 

Venue: The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH.

 

Website

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Performers: Caitlin Redding, voice; Joan Cantallops, piano

Performers: Caitlin Redding, voice; Joan Cantallops, piano

Music: Xavier Pagès i Corella, Joan Magrané, Anna Campmany

Words: Robert Louis Stevenson, Joan Duran Ferrer, Josep Carner, Maria Antònia Salvà