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May 22, 2008
        
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The summer festival season is beginning, and thank you, O Blog. On Thursday night, the 32nd edition of the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. opens. Spoleto U.S.A. is an outgrowth of the Festival of Two Worlds at Spoleto, in the Umbrian region of Italy, which was founded by Gian Carlo... [read full story]                    

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Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: From Moral Challenge to Frothy Comedy

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'Amistad' redux

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Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: From Moral Challenge to Frothy Comedy

nytimes.com
May 24, 2008
        

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Spoleto Festival U.S.A. traveled light-years in 24 hours. After the opening performance of “Amistad,” the musically and morally challenging opera about slavery composed in the 1990s, on Thursday, the festival introduced a production of Rossini’s frothy opera “La...

                   

Spoleto Festival U.S.A.: Poetry in Chains

nytimes.com
May 24, 2008
        

CHARLESTON, S.C. — One of the strengths of “Amistad,” the opera composed by Anthony Davis and the flagship production of the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. this year, is Thulani Davis’s poetic libretto. Here are excerpts. Margru, a young woman captive, sings of her capture: They don’t know I left a baby...

                   

Review: Listless score hurts 'Amistad'

charlotte.com
May 24, 2008
        

Spoleto Festival USA doesn't just rely on the time-capsule charm of its hometown to lure arts lovers. It offers them the unfamiliar, offbeat or new. Why should anyone come here for what they can see at home?Until Spoleto staged Anthony Davis' opera "Amistad" on Thursday, nobody had seen it since...

                   

`Amistad' performers take on a listless score

charlotte.com
May 24, 2008
        

Spoleto Festival USA doesn't just rely on the time-capsule charm of its hometown to lure arts lovers. It offers them the unfamiliar, offbeat or new. Why should anyone come here for what they can see at home?Until Spoleto staged Anthony Davis' opera "Amistad" on Thursday, nobody had seen it since...

2 worlds renew their ties in a shower of spectacle

charlotte.com
May 24, 2008
        

charleston The Spoleto Festival USA renewed ties with the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, on Friday amid brass fanfares, jazz, tumbling acrobats and a shower of white confetti."Today we begin again a process of mutual benefit to share and collaborate, engage our communities and our...

Spoleto Festival off to congenial start

myrtlebeachonline.com
May 24, 2008
        

The Spoleto Festival USA renewed ties with the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, on Friday amid brass fanfares, jazz, tumbling acrobats and a shower of white confetti."Today we begin again a process of mutual benefit to share and collaborate, engage our communities and our festivals,"...

                   
charleston.net: The Dalian Acrobatic Group, which will appear in 'Monkey: Journey to the West, charleston.net

2 festive cities celebrate

charleston.net
May 24, 2008
        

There was an indefinable feeling of triumph in the air as dignitaries spoke to 1,000 spectators fanning themselves in the noon heat outside Charleston City Hall for the Spoleto Festival USA's 32nd opening. Two mayors of cities across the globe from one another stood smiling with their clasped...

                   

Spoleto's family reunion

charleston.net
May 24, 2008
        

Family reunions are a time for reminiscing and Friday's opening of the 2008 Spoleto Festival USA was no exception. For those who witnessed the birth of the American festival, the scene was reassuringly familiar. The mayor of Spoleto, Italy, was back on the stage as a member of the family as was...

                   
charleston.net: Gian Carlo Menotti signing a book containing selections from his one-act opera charleston.net

Blessing to see two Spoletos together

charleston.net
May 24, 2008
        

It's Spoleto Festival USA time again when Charleston is in the spotlight and enriched with many art forms. ... Thank goodness Charleston's Mayor Joe Riley has taken steps to protect and preserve these historic homes and treasures. There never would have been a Spoleto...

Spoleto Festival opens in Charleston, renewing ties with Italy

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May 23, 2008
        

Spoleto Festival opens in Charleston, renewing ties with Italy By: Bruce Smith, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Spoleto Festival USA renewed ties with the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, amid brass fanfares, jazz, tumbling acrobats and a shower of white confetti. "Today we...

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