Category: Spoleta Festival USA
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Spoleto 2013
So much could be said about the June 7 performance of Spoleto’s double bill Mese Mariano/Le Villi. I usually focus on the singing aspect of things, but here I’ll simply say that Neil Patel’s innovative set design was breathtaking in Le Villi. Jilted maidens were presented as disturbed asylum inmates in Act II and peeled…
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Spoleto Festival USA Box Office Opens Today
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/emilie-opra-national-de-lyon-lyon-france-1917293.html The American counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi in Italy takes place every year in Charleston, SC. This year the opera offerings include Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, Menotti’s The Medium, and a newer opera by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho called Emilie. (Lyon 2010 review above) Émilie Kaija Saariaho, Composer Amin Maalouf, Librettist American Premiere Venue:…
Stephanie Adrian 