Spoleto Festival USA

Also found in: Wikipedia.

Spoleto Festival USA

May-June

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti founded the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, in 1958, and brought it to Charleston, South Carolina, under the name Spoleto USA in 1977. The annual 17-day international arts festival focuses on new works and productions, and routinely offers more than 100 events in opera, chamber music, symphonic concerts, theater, dance, and art. In recent years, the festival has also offered jazz and other newer musical performances.

CONTACTS:
Spoleto Festival USA
P.O. Box 157
Charleston, SC 29402
843-579-3100; fax: 843-723-6383
www.spoletousa.org

SOURCES:
GdUSFest-1984, p. 169
GdWrldFest-1985, p. 120
IntlThFolk-1979, p. 248
MusFestAmer-1990, p. 136

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

It has been the chorus-in-residence for the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA since 1977, performing both in concert and as the opera chorus.

Westminster Choir to present 'Listen' concert

Opera productions dominate at the Spoleto Festival USA, an event that spans 17 days each spring ir Charleston's historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces.

A connoisseur's calendar: exceptional festivals, exhibitions, openings and special events around the globe for 2014-2015. by carol tisch

She was Irma in Louise at Spoleto Festival USA in 2009 and sang the lead role in Flora, An Opera at Spoleto this past summer.

Andriana Chuchman

Beresford's career as an opera director grew out of a chance meeting with Gian Carlo Menotti, founder of Italy's Festival dei Due Mondi and its American offshoot, Spoleto Festival USA.

Oz opera shows Yank 'Desire'

Her magical act, Aurelia's Oratorio, directed by her mother Victoria Thierree Chaplin, is one of the theatrical anchors of the 2007 Spoleto Festival USA, running May 25-June 10.

Spoleto spills over

Singers include Steven Mortier as Figaro, who has sung with the Tri-Cities Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Birming- ham Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Opera Pacific, Mississippi Opera, Spoleto Festival USA and Tacoma Opera.

New opera in town; 5 shows planned

If you happen to travel during late May or early June, don't miss Charleston's biggest event of the season, Spoleto Festival USA.

Southern decadence: pirates, history and great Southern food give Charleston, S.C., plenty of charm

A haunting meditation on love and death, the work premiered at Seattle Repertory Theatre, where it's now finishing up a six-week run before heading in late May to Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.

Puppet master: avant-garde artist Ping Chong has worked with ink, paint, video, dance, and music. Now he's channeling his vision through haunting puppet shows. (theater)

Charleston's Spoleto Festival USA isn't just about fine opera, ballet and concerts; it focuses on the architecture of South Carolina's lovingly preserved, constantly renewed historic city.

Festival America: `It Don't Get No Better than This'

the leading global provider of enterprise software technology, services and learning community for the arts and cultural sector, is pleased to announce that Spoleto Festival USA is a new Member of the Tessitura Network.

Spoleto Festival USA Joins Tessitura Network to Enhance Relationships with Audiences, Visitors and Donors

The ensembles 20172018 season includes a concert tour of the Midwest performances and broadcasts at its home in Princeton, its annual residency at the Spoleto Festival USA, and the release of a new recording.

Westminster Choir in Concert: Listen

Streetcar visits the Spoleto Festival USA in South Carolina, as well as Chicago, San Antonio, Houston, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC.