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Tête à Tête was
founded in 1997 by Bill
Bankes-Jones, Katie Price and Orlando Jopling to bring uplifting,
surprising, daring and intimate opera productions of the highest quality to the
widest possible audiences. Tête à Tête's latest work, PUSH!, is an unique celebration of giving birth which only opera can do justice to. Composed by David Bruce with a libretto by Anna Reynolds it is touring in Summer 2006. Autumn 2006 sees the company tour Odysseus Unwound (formally A Shetland Odyssey) a new full-length opera based on Homer’s story of Odysseus with music by Julian Grant and a libretto by Hattie Naylor. Its first production, The Flying Fox, ('die Fledermaus' by Johann Strauss), was performed at BAC Opera 98 and at the Purcell Room. Shorts was first performed at BAC Opera 99, revived Bridewell Theatre Spring 2001 & toured the UK, including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Canterbury Festival, Autumn 2001. With Orlando Plays Mad, a new edition by the company, Tête à Tête performed Vivaldi's 'Orlando Finto Pazzo' at BAC Opera 2000 for the first time since the composer himself staged it in 1714. In May 2002, the company performed the world première staging of Britten's Canticles in Westminster Abbey, working in conjunction with clients in five centres for the homeless across London. The project was a co-production with Streetwise Opera and the London Jubilee String of Pearls Festival. Tête à Tête performed Family Matters in 2003-4, which was a reworking of the third Beaumarchais Figaro play by Amanda Holden and six composers: Cheryl Francis-Hoad, John Webb, Helen Chadwick, James Olsen, Pete Flood and Mike Henry. Workshops were held at the Battersea Arts Centre where over 400 members of the public contributed aural and written feedback on the first draft. Performances then took place at the Bridewell Theatre and at seven venues across the UK on a national tour. Tête à Tête is a
member of the Opera and Music Theatre
Forum “Tête à Tête Productions Ltd” became a Company Limited by Guarantee (registered in England no.3513138) and Registered Charity (number 1069055) in 1998. Tête à Tête 32 Lilyville Road London SW6 5DW 020 7736 3564 Chair: David Leeming Deputy
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