Spoleto Festival USA
Spoleto Festival USA, one of America's major performing arts festivals is full of 17-days worth of events showcasing both established and emerging artists in more than 150 performances of opera, dance, theater, classical music, and jazz.
It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi (The Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy.
When Italian organizers planned an American festival, they searched for a city that would offer the charm of Spoleto, Italy, and also its wealth of theaters, churches, and other performance spaces and so Charleston it was.
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Spoleto Festival USA
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Spoleto Festival USA Dates and Venues
Dates: May 28 - June 13, 2021
Festival Venues:
- Charleston Gaillard Center
- Charleston Library Society
- City Hall
- College of Charleston Cistern Yard
- Dock Street Theatre
- Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston
- Memminger Auditorium
- Simons Center Recital Hall at College of Charleston
- St. Matthews Lutheran Church
- Woolfe Street Playhouse
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