The internationally renowned Iford Arts Festival takes place every summer in the award-winning Peto Garden of Iford Manor near Bath in the South West of England.
In this magical, intimate setting, opera performances in English are staged in-the-round for an audience of 90 in the miniature Italianate cloister.
Iford...is one of the loveliest places to see opera performed. The Times
Free-flowing jazz promenades and seated cloister concerts make up the rest of the annual Festival programme. All events offer a chance to relax over a pre-show picnic, whilst enjoying the peaceful tranquility of the Peto Garden as the river Frome gently meanders through the Iford valley.
As the lights dimmed, and the stars came out...nobody in the audience was more than 20 feet away from the musicians, it was wonderful. The Independent
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