Other great festivals

Iford Arts 18 May – 7 September

Iford is on the move. Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus flaps its wings in Bath’s elegant Guildhall, while Belcombe Court in Wiltshire glugs Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore.

Tel: +44 (0)1225 463362

Web: www.ifordarts.org.uk

The Grange Festival 6 June – 6 July Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Verdi’s Falstaff and, from The Sixteen, Handel’s Belshazzar. Add a dash of Hollywood glitz and a vintage Grange summer is guaranteed!

Tel: +44 (0)1962 791020

Web: www.thegrangefestival.co.uk

Neville Holt Opera 12 June – 2 July

Opened in 2018, Nevill Holt’s new theatre basks in the heat of Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Tel: +44 (0)115 846 7777

Web: www.nevillholtopera.co.uk

Dorset Opera Festival 24–27 July

After 2018’s British premiere of Massenet’s Le Cid, the Bryanston Festival returns to more familiar fare with Donizetti and Verdi. Tel: +44 (0)1202 499199

Web: www.dorsetopera.com