Tête à Tête
An ever popular presence at the festival, Tête à Tête will again develop, rehearse and perform 4 brand new, super-short operas which will be presented all over Riverside Studios, in foyers, theatres and other public places across the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham including Ravenscourt Park, Bishop’s Park, Lyric Square and Fulham Palace. Come rain or shine the show will go on – expect the unexpected!
Sparklepuff
The making of this video has been kindly
supported by The Boltini Trust
A homeless woman uses a mechanically-adapted shopping trolley to extract mysterious energy from left-over packaging. She calls this energy “Sparklepuff” and its properties are magical, moving and very dangerous…
New World
It will tell us everything we need to know. Please do the right thing. Decide.
The Fox and the Crow
The making of this video has been kindly
supported by The Boltini Trust
Based on one of the ancient fables by Aesop – each a ‘lite bite’, but a morsel with a punchy message. Here the animals show us the perils of vanity and self-love; if only the Crow hadn’t been so enamoured with the sound of her own voice, she would not have relinquished the cheese she held in her beak, and the flattering fox would not have triumphed!
Everybody’s Watching!
We’ve all awkwardly watch on as lovers quarrel in the park, street or pub. This secret fascination was the inspiration for Everybody’s Watching, a short operatic scene depicting a domestic squabble. Awkward and comic throughout this piece places the audience firmly in the middle of the action.
Baritone: Daniel Broad
Soprano: Sian Winstanley
Harp: Claudia Studer
Cello: Corentin Chassard
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music Director: James Young
Designer: Fabrice Serafino
Sparklepuff
Music: Gary Carpenter
Words: Simon Nicholson
New World
Music: Samuel Bordoli
Words: Mark Ravenhill
The Fox and the Crow
Music: Charlotte Bray
Words: Kate Kennedy
Everybody’s Watching!
Music: Tom Floyd
Words: David Spittle
Baritone: Daniel Broad
Soprano: Sian Winstanley
Harp: Claudia Studer
Cello: Corentin Chassard
Director: Bill Bankes-Jones
Music Director: James Young
Designer: Fabrice Serafino
Sparklepuff
Music: Gary Carpenter
Words: Simon Nicholson
New World
Music: Samuel Bordoli
Words: Mark Ravenhill
The Fox and the Crow
Music: Charlotte Bray
Words: Kate Kennedy
Everybody’s Watching!
Music: Tom Floyd
Words: David Spittle