Spoleto Festival USA - Charleston | 19 January 2021 |

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SalomeSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Salome is given a risky, risqué spin in Spoleto staging |
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'Salome' has fun with death and feminism in a strong opening performance |
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Pia de' TolomeiSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Redefining new, Spoleto rolls out Donizetti premiere |
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Maestra Lidiya Yankovskaya made a strong case for “Pia’s” musical worthiness |
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'Pia de’ Tolomei' takes viewers to a fascist Italy that they won’t want to leave |
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Tree of CodesSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Elliot Madore, Marisol Montalvo perform Liza Lim’s “Tree of Codes” |
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Redefining new, Spoleto rolls out Donizetti premiere |
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Liza Lim’s work provides visual dazzle but no vocal highlights |
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QuartettSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
A tumultuous nihilistic confrontation |
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FarnaceSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
'Farnace' sets off vocal fireworks at Dock Street Theatre |
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Spoleto’s premiere of 'Farnace' brings a cinematic scale to the theater |
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Eugene OneginSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
'Eugene Onegin' sparkles with great singing |
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Incredible voices wow in 'Eugene Onegin' |
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Das Mädchen mit den SchwefelhölzernSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Spoleto, at the age of 40, is still cutting edge after all these years |
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Lachenmann’s work indeed challenges |
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Spoleto Festival premieres follow somber reflection |
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The opera that almost made me stand up and shout |
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La Double CoquetteSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
Spoleto, at the age of 40, is still cutting edge after all these years |
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Spoleto Festival premieres follow somber reflection |
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Updated ‘La Double Coquette’ seduces with playful take on baroque opera and gender |
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La Double Coquette is a charming revision of a classic comedic opera |
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Porgy and BessSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
Spoleto, at the age of 40, is still cutting edge after all these years |
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Spoleto makes a gorgeous Porgy and Bess for Charleston |
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'Porgy and Bess,' a Spoleto Fstival USA homecoming |
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Spoleto's Porgy and Bess is powerful reinvention of the classic opera |
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Spoleto Festival’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ reimagines Catfish Row |
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Veremonda, l’amazzone di AragonaSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 2 | ![]() |
Cavalli opera charms at Spoleto Festival |
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Long-neglected ‘Veremonda, l’amazzone di Aragona’ inspired choice for Spoleto Festival 2015 |
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‘Veremonda’ and the musicologists
imagine the excitement of musicologists Wendy Heller and Ellen Rosand when they learned that the opera they have been studying for 20 years would be performed.
imagine the excitement of musicologists Wendy Heller and Ellen Rosand when they learned that the opera they have been studying for 20 years would be performed.
Paradise InterruptedSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
‘Paradise Interrupted’ a visual and aural display |
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Facing GoyaSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 7 | ![]() |
Profiling Goya at Spoleto Festival USA |
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An intimate Adams amid bleak offerings |
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Minimalist (or proto-Minimalist) operas have dominated this year’s Spoleto Festival USA |
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To clone or not to clone...that is the question |
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'Facing Goya' an adventurous if not entirely successful new production |
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‘Kat’a,’ ‘Goya’ succeed as Spoleto’s operas |
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Spoleto's two operas dovetail successfully |
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Kat'a KabanovaSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 9 | ![]() |
A cornered Káťa Kabanová in Charleston |
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An intimate Adams amid bleak offerings |
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Operas by Adams and Janáček are among the highlights of this wide-ranging festival |
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Betsy Horne shines as Kat'a Kabanova |
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Minimalist (or proto-Minimalist) operas have dominated this year’s Spoleto Festival USA |
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‘Kat’a,’ ‘Goya’ succeed as Spoleto’s operas |
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Spoleto's two operas dovetail successfully |
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Kat’a Kabanova soars musically |
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'Kat'a Kabanova' definitive Janacek expertly presented by Spoleto production |
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El NiñoSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 5 | ![]() |
An intimate Adams amid bleak offerings |
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A deeply human Messiah comes to Spoleto Festival USA |
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Operas by Adams and Janáček are among the highlights of this wide-ranging festival |
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'El Nino' bends genre in luminous production |
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A strong start for Spoleto 2014 |
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Le villiSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A pair of interesting if flawed operas from Italy’s post-Verdi tradition |
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Spoleto operas: short, visually stimulating, vibrantly sung |
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Sadness and madness in Mese Mariano and Le Villi |
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Opera offers satisfying night of great singing |
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Mese MarianoSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A pair of interesting if flawed operas from Italy’s post-Verdi tradition |
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Spoleto operas: short, visually stimulating, vibrantly sung |
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Sadness and madness in Mese Mariano and Le Villi |
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Opera offers satisfying night of great singing |
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MatsukazeSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 4 | ![]() |
A powerful, poignant US premiere for Hosokawa’s ‘Matsukaze’ |
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Spoleto operas: short, visually stimulating, vibrantly sung |
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Opera ‘Matsukaze’ shines |
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Matsukaze is a wonderfully creepy triumph |
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KeplerSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 3 | ![]() |
Entering the universe of a man of science and faith |
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Spoleto operas offer trips through time, space |
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Philip Glass opera Kepler presents an analytic mind in anguish |
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Feng Yi TingSpoleto Festival USANo. of reviews: 1 | ![]() |
Spoleto operas offer trips through time, space |
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Spoleto Festival USA General Director Nigel Redden retires |
The Spoleto Festival USA General Director Nigel Redden announced his retirement after 35 years. |
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Spoleto Festival announces 2020 season |
The 2020 festival will feature a wide array of music, performances, screenings, talks and opera. |
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Spoleto Festival USA 2019 |
Less opera, more theater, and a new finale spot. |
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Women have leading roles in Spoleto Festival USA 2018 |
The festival is producing or co-producing two operas this year, one old, one new, and importing Carlo Colla and Sons Marionette Company to present a third. |
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Spoleto lineup includes Tchaikovsky opera |
First Spoleto Festival USA production of Tchaikovsky’s opulent opera, “Eugene Onegin,” directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, featuring soprano Natalia Pavlova and baritone Franco Pomponi. |
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