From May 27 to June 12, 2022, audiences from 49 states and nine countries flocked to Spoleto Festival USA, the annual celebratory compendium of music, theater, opera, and dance, with more than 48,000 ticket holders and $2.7 million in sales. As the first full festival […]

Spoleto Festival USA, the annual 17-day celebration of international arts and culture, returns May 26 to June 11, 2023, with a programming lineup for its 47th season that features more than 100 events in venues throughout Charleston, South Carolina. Tickets, starting at $25, are available […]

On May 29, 1913, Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, or The Rite of Spring, premiered in Paris, commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes and choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. Based on Russian folklore, the avant-garde ballet’s storyline, complex musicality, and ritualistic, modern movement […]

For every professional artist, there are, of course, countless mentors behind the scenes. It’s no surprise that some of the best award-acceptance speeches include mention of childhood teachers setting the recipients on a path of greatness or awakening a self discovery. In reality, artists never […]

Home to many Spoleto Festival USA performances, the Gaillard Center is close to our hearts—figuratively and literally, as it stands just a few steps from the Festival headquarters at 14 George. This Festival season, the Gaillard Center features several fabulous performances: a tribute to Spoleto’s […]

Omar, the transformative opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels centering the story of an enslaved Muslim scholar, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music, Columbia University announced today. The work was recognized for its expansion of the traditional opera canon, challenging its standard practice […]

Can sound inform place? Time? Emotion? And can those elements inform sound? These are the questions three Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra fellows seek to answer in artistic collaboration with three members of the Charleston community. This project—spearheaded by collaborative pianist and music therapist Renate Rohlfing, […]

Each year, Spoleto Festival USA brings an array of productions from all over the world to Charleston, South Carolina. Want to familiarize yourself ahead of the festival? Continue reading for our 2023 Spoleto Festival Reading List to deepen yourself with this years themes and performances. […]

Each year Spoleto Festival USA comes to Charleston for 17 days to showcase international performing arts. Founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, the festival has become a world-renowned event, attracting artists, performers, and attendees from across the globe. From Jazz at […]

Spoleto Festival USA, the country’s premier performing arts festival, returns May 24 to June 9, 2024 with a star-studded lineup of more than 100 events in venues throughout Charleston, South Carolina. Tickets, starting at $25, are available for purchase online today, January 26. The ambitious […]