“The ultimate of intimate opera houses”
The English Garden
“Marvellous music, stunning surroundings, cracking company…..Iford’s intoxicating charm is that it is that little bit different and that little bit special. There are no crowds – it has a distinctly private party feel”
Bath Chronicle
“I’ve rarely felt so physically involved in a performance…partly because the circumstances were so intimate, I could have reached out and consoled Donna Anna myself, it was also because the presentation was so keenly alive.”
The Independent
“There is something very special about this place that evokes a great sense of inner peace”
Wiltshire Times
Iford is a treasure
Venue
… The Cloister at Iford … could hardly be more perfect in terms of scale and style.
Opera Magazine
Iford Manor’s tiny Italianate cloister has a captivating atmosphere.
The Guardian
“Iford….is one of the loveliest places to see opera performed.”
The Times
If ever a foreign friend wanted to be taken to a place that enshrines the very essence of an English rural idyll, then Iford would be the place.
Opera Critic
Iford festival, in a breathtakingly beautiful, pastoral setting just outside Bath, has become one of the unsung glories of the British operatic summer. It combines just the right air of welcoming informality with real artistic merit in a unique environment that lends a human touch to the larger-than-life absurdities of opera.
Opera Now
