We have the pleasure of announcing our wonderful new Patron, Errollyn Wallen CBE, Master of the King’s Music. To quote Bill, “Errollyn remains the most featured festival artist ever, but is of course so much more as well. We are thrilled and delighted to have her support in this way.” Errollyn, meanwhile, commented “I … Continued
18:30-19:30 @ Coal Drops Yard. Composer and Tête à Tête favourite Errollyn Wallen performs the Errollyn Wallen Songbook, her continually evolving set of Ivor Novello award-winning songs, alongside her band.
18:30 – 19:30 @ Lewis Cubitt Square. Unticketed & Free. Composer and Tête à Tête favourite Errollyn Wallen performs her first Cubitt Session: The Errollyn Wallen Songbook, a continually evolving set of Ivor Novello award-winning Errollyn Wallen’s inimitable songs, alongside her band.
Saturday 14th August, 21.15 The Errollyn Wallen Songbook Genesis The Errollyn Wallen Songbook returns to Tête á Tête: The Opera Festival with brand new additions and graced with the sound of strings. Songwriting and performance runs alongside my work as a composer and is its lifeblood; there is always a song on the … Continued
Thurs 13 & Fri 14 Aug 2009 Byron and I have long wanted to make a show together and this year turned out to be the right time to create WALLEN. We are both extremely grateful to Bill Bankes-Jones and all at Tête à Tête for allowing us this opportunity to develop what is … Continued
My songs spring upon me almost incidentally and they are a part of my daily life. When working on a large commission for huge forces (as in the case of my recent work, Carbon 12, for Welsh National Opera), having a song to turn to at the piano is a lovely thing. I write these … Continued
10:00-17:00. A two-day event celebrating the Joy of Opera!
10:00-17:00. A two-day event celebrating the joy of opera!
For the first decade of our festival, we rolled along happily against a global background of comparative security and stability. The world was a mostly friendly place where you could know what to expect and get on. As we approach our eighteenth festival, we are preparing against a foreground, really, of instability, political and … 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
