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.

After its 2009 debut at Iford with Barber of Seville, CHROMA takes a dual role in 2010 - producer and orchestra for:
"La Cenerentola" by Rossini
Conductor: Andrew Griffiths, Director: Bill Bankes-Jones, Designer: Tim Meacock
Orchestra: CHROMA
Cast: Alex Ashworth, John Llewelyn Evans, Christina Haldane, Caryl Hughes, Carlos Nogueira, Sigridur Osk and Richard Suart.
Performance dates: June 2010: Saturday 19, Tuesday 22, Thursday 24,
Saturday 26, Wednesday 30 / July 2010: Friday 02, Saturday 03
Tickets from Theatre Royal Bath Box Office 01225 44 88 44
www.ifordarts.co.uk

CHROMA is also working in local primaray schools withan associated opera-based composition and performance programme for La Cenerentola.

***** "Productions such as this could single-handedly reverse opera’s dwindling fortunes if performed in a city square. Rather than any rarefied high-art ideal, it is the upfront, street-theatre feel of this 1960s-set production of Rossini’s opera buffa that imbues it with knee-weakening charm... this is a cast that oozes youthful charisma. Add the zingy playing of chamber ensemble Chroma and the stunning setting, and you have an unparalleled pleasure from start to finish." Anna Britten reviews Barber of Seville, MetroLife 25 June 2009

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