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How does an industry so obsessed with the voice leave its performers without one?

Plastic Bodies peels back the curtain on abuse in the opera industry...

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Plastic Bodies ~ Marylebone, London — Alternative Classical

Darkly funny experimental music theatre for the #metoo era.

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September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM

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#TàTFest2025 's London listings are live!

Join us to watch this amazing group of artists and their new works this September/October, with tickets from just £6.50. What are you most excited about seeing?

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A collection of show posters for Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2025. Text reads Hosted by Tête à Tête. Tête à Tête London.

A pair of posters for online shows in Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival 2025. Text reads Hosted by Tête à Tête. Tête à Tête online.

July 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM

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Are you an opera maker, producer or staff member of an opera company? Please join an open meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss and collaborate on the creation of a representative body for the opera sector. You can register here.

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Open invitation: UK Opera Association | Tête à Tête

We’re happy to share a message from the UK Opera Association: Are you an opera maker, producer or staff member of an opera company? Please join an open meeting on Wednesday 25 June to discuss and co...

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June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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Two wonderful bits of news!

First, the Newcastle leg of #TàTFest2025 is now on sale.

Head over to our site (link in bio) for heartfelt stories from Hull Urban Opera, Festival Shorts' smorgasbord of works-in-progress from Renaissance feuds to escape room newness, 2024's superb Ghost returning.../1

A photo of composer Errollyn Wallen dressed as a stereotypical horror scientist, with goggles, a large syringe, various bits of lab equipment and a lab coat. She is looking down at the camera.

May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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Two wonderful bits of news!

First, the Newcastle leg of #TàTFest2025 is now on sale.

Head over to our site (link in bio) for heartfelt stories from Hull Urban Opera, Festival Shorts' smorgasbord of works-in-progress from Renaissance feuds to escape room newness, 2024's superb Ghost returning.../1

May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM

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If you're looking to join us as our new web master, don't forget: you've got one week left to apply!

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We're looking for a web master | Tête à Tête

We are looking for someone to manage and maintain our existing Wordpress setup.

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April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM

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#OperaAmerica

Bill Bankes-Jones @billbj.bsky.social · Jan 15

It's great a to be back at 2025 Opera America New Works Forum for the first time since the pandemic. As ever, the most collegiate of opera makers whose willingness to swap ideas and enthusiasm and vision for the art form stimulates really inspiring and rigorous discussions...
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January 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM

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One thing I want to drill into the heads of every single musician, of every age - you CHOOSE to make the practice pleasurable or not - and nothing is stopping you, as an adult, from making it as pleasurable as possible. Have a beer, light some candles, romanticise it all - because it IS romantic