Spoleto Festival USA breaks five-day sales record

Despite a down economy and a scaled-back slate of offerings this year, early ticket sales for Spoleto Festival USA have been surprisingly strong, officials say.
Within the first five days of opening for sales, the festival sold 17% more than in the same period in 2006, the festival’s strongest year to date for sales.
“We’re buoyed by [...]

Spoleto Finale

2008 Spoleto finale guaranteed to be something to celebrate
By Wevonneda Minis
Orchestra to perform at Middleton Place’s Butterfly Lakes for first time in 10 years.

Spoleto Starts Today….Tips on the Festival

Friday, May 23, 2008

The Post and Courier
This year’s Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto festivals begin today, opening our annual 17-day season of fine-arts immersion. It’s more culture than any individual can hope to absorb, and you’d have to be independently wealthy and blissfully idle to score tickets to all the festival highlights. So how do you [...]

Spoleto Italy ~ History

The Spoleto Valley located in the heart of Umbria is a city rich in history and art. The Arch of Drusus (23 A.C.), the Romanic church of St. Ansano , the Roman theater, whose construction goes back to the first years of the Empire, and the paleocristian basilica St Salvatore created in the 4 century are [...]

What is Spoleto?

For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston, South Carolina’s historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces with over 120 performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers in disciplines ranging from opera, theater, music theater, dance, and chamber, symphonic, choral, and jazz music, as well as the visual arts.
Spoleto Festival [...]