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If you're looking to step into a musical wonderland this summer, If Opera festival, set in the enchanting eighteenth century garden of the privately owned Belcombe Court in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is akin to tumbling down the rabbit hole. An unmissable way to crown an English summer of outdoor events, this year's If Opera season, in partnership with the Bristol Ensemble, features an improved Saddle span theatre with wider seats and better acoustic and ventilation, with opera audiences invited to bring their own picnic to enjoy in the grounds before each performance and take advantage of the pop-up bar, Scout & Sage. Umberto Giordano's rarely performed Fedora (24, 26 August & 1 September) opens the season, directed by John Wilkie with If Opera's Artistic Director Oliver Gooch conducting the Bristol Ensemble. A tale of love, murder and betrayal in three acts, the action takes place in Russia, France and Switzerland, when Princess Fedora, seeking revenge o