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Tag Archives: Tête à Tête

Hurtling into blankness: Entanglement! An Entropic Tale at Tête à Tête

Opera and physics: as a combination, what could possibly go wrong? As I briefly scanned one of the many programme notes generously supplied for the brave audience of Entanglement! An…

August 10, 2018 in Fringe, New writing, Opera.

Stab in the dark: Edward Lambert’s The Cloak and Dagger Affair, Tête à Tête

Taking as its inspiration Lorca’s 1928 play Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, Edward Lambert’s The Cloak and Dagger Affair is a curious portrait of a very…

August 9, 2018 in Bel canto, New writing, Opera.

Breaking app with the boyfriend: Vicky and Albert, Tête à Tête

“And in a world where everyone else is in possession of at least once significant other, I couldn’t be more alone.” Elfyn Jones’ timely little one-woman opera Vicky and Albert…

August 9, 2018 in New writing, Opera.

Pick a side: Schutzwall at Tête à Tête

Although opera is traditionally associated with grand narrative structures, sometimes its heightened psychological intensity can be remarkably effective at drawing us into an intimate historical moment, and just keeping us…

August 29, 2017 in Fringe, New writing, Opera.

Love by design: ‘i’ – The Opera, The Waste Paper Opera Company

Not many operas credit their Neural Network Programming: but ‘i’ – The Opera, though recognisably and confidently an opera, thanks Janelle Shane and Dr Amita Kapoor of the University of…

August 20, 2017 in Fringe, New writing, Opera.

Power hour: Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, The Hermes Experiment at Tête à Tête

The Winter’s Tale is surely one of Shakespeare’s cruellest tragedies: Leontes’ mistaken, yet unshakeable jealousy destroys family bonds and friendships alike, culminating in blasphemy as he refuses to accept the…

August 18, 2017 in Fringe, Theatre.

Packing all the punches: Edward Lambert’s The Art of Venus, Tête à Tête

“I have tried to destroy the picture of the most beautiful woman in mythological history as a protest against the Government for destroying Mrs Pankhurst, who is the most beautiful…

August 16, 2017 in Baroque, Fringe, New writing, Opera.

Time to say goodbye: Moonlight /The Last Seed at Tête à Tête

Directed with witty skill by Bill Bankes-Jones, Tête à Tête’s Artistic Founder and Director, these two imaginative and appealing short operas made for an enchanting hour at Kings Place. Reducing…

August 13, 2015 in New writing, Opera.

The Lion-Faced Man at Tête-à-Tête

We don’t laugh at oddities of nature in circus sideshows any more: sadly, we haven’t grown out of the propensity, but it’s simply become all too easy (and, for some,…

August 11, 2015 in Fringe, New writing, Opera.

Life lessons at Tête à Tête: The Fisherman and his Wife, Storm’s Eye

The Fisherman and his Wife is a nicely conceived opera for children. Eralys Fernandez’s score confidently paints a range of moods and emotions in a cheerful piano accompaniment played for…

August 11, 2015 in Children's, Fringe, Opera.

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