In the sixth Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival authors, performers and companies from right across the UK come together once again to pummel, prod, provoke, play with and pave the way for the future of the most sensuous of art forms. Over 70 performances from 30 companies presenting entirely new work from dozens of composers involving hundreds of artists, a whole host of fringe activities and this year even a 2-day conference for singers.