Iford Arts produces an acclaimed summer season of opera, proms and classical concerts in the West Country near Bath.

Sunday Telegraph “Hottest Ticket – Book it Now” L’elisir d’amore 2019
A “Pick of the country house operas” Daily Mail

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Read the 2019 season reviews here

All performances take place in a specially commissioned dome.

Opera is performed in-the-round and sung in English, with the audience just a few feet from the singers and orchestra.

“The acoustic in the dome is excellent” The Stage Read more reviews

Image: Dress rehearsal Iford Art’s 2019 new production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore

Belcombe Court near Bath is set in 45 acres of Cotswold parkland and gardens of historical significance.

All performances allow the opportunity to picnic in the grounds.

30 August – 7 September 2019
Opera. Concerts. Proms
What’s on

The 2019 season has now ended read what audiences thought of the season here

Strauss’s Die Fledermaus at Bath Guildhall on 18 & 19 May.

The season launched with two Sold Out performances starring Simon Butteriss, Nadine Benjamin and a starry cast of musicians and singers directed by Oliver Gooch.

Congratulations to Nadine who has since been shortlisted for a The Times Breakthrough New Talent Award.

View the 2019 season programme