Now approaching it’s 40th season, Spoleto Festival USA has seen a great deal of press coverage. Festival stories, whether in print or online, give readers the opportunity to draw deeper connections with performances they see on stage.
Below is a list of 40 notable headlines from the past 40 years.
- “Chamber Music a Hit at Spoleto U.S.A.” (The New York Times, 1977)
- “Spoleto Arts Festival Opens Today in Charleston, Reflecting a Revival of the City’s Cultural Legacy” (The New York Times, 1977)
- “Menotti Opera Well Received By Spoleto Festival Audience” (Savannah Morning News, 1993)
- “Charleston artistically awash in Spoleto” (Savannah Morning News, 1997)
- “1998 Spoleto Festival promises fun and variety” (Savannah Morning News, 1998)
- “Spoleto Festival Survives and Thrives” (The Wall Street Journal, 1998)
- “CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK; At Spoleto, the Novelty is Still Novel” (The New York Times, 1999)
- “TRAVEL ADVISORY; In Charleston, Spoleto Blooms Again” (The New York Times, 1999)
- “Spoleto will honor Menotti with an opera” (The Charlotte Observer, 2001)
- “Spoleto chamber music leader fills shoes splendidly” (The Charlotte Observer, 2001)
- “Reinventing the arts festival” (Savannah Morning News, 2004)
- “Charleston’s strong, eclectic mix of the arts ranks it high among tourists and music lovers” (Savannah Morning News, 2004)
- “Menotti Street (Spoleto I)” (The New Yorker, 2008)
- “Glorious overload of the senses” (The Post and Courier, 2008)
- “Spoleto, Gate Theatre stuff of legend” (The Post and Courier, 2010)
- “Spoleto Festival a bit of magic” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2010)
- “Spoleto Festival, USA: The South’s Arts Extravaganza” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2011)
- “Spoleto chamber musician Alisa Weilerstein awarded genius grant” (Charleston City Paper, 2011)
- “Spoleto sharpens its edge” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2012)
- “All the World On a Stage In America” (The New York Times, 2012)
- “8 premieres part of 2012 Spoleto Festival, adding element of risk and promise of reward” (The Post and Courier 2012)
- “Largest Spoleto season to unfold next week in SC” (The Denver Post, 2013)
- “Spoleto rises to greater heights” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2013)
- “Geoff Nuttall, The Jon Stewart of Chamber Music” (The New York Times, 2013)
- “Spoleto: 37 years, but still new” (The Post and Courier, 2013)
- “Spoleto Serves Up a Sweet (and Spicy) Summer Serenade” (Huffington Post, 2013)
- “Boldness, variety drive Spoleto’s appeal” (The Greenville News, 2014)
- “Art adventures abound at Spoleto Festival USA” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2014)
- “Shakespeare at Spoleto: A ‘Dream’ of a Production” (The Charlotte Observer, 2014)
- “Spoleto Festival opens with a bang and a fanfare” (The Post and Courier, 2014)
- “Joe Riley: 40 years in office, 40 years a Spoleto Festival booster” (The Post and Courier, 2015)
- “Chamber music is Spoleto’s quirkiest delight” (The Charlotte Observer, 2015)
- “Humor, drama abound on opening day of Spoleto Festival” (Winston-Salem Journal, 2015)
- “Charleston goes full speed during Spoleto Festival” (Winston-Salem Journal, 2015)
- “Spoleto overview: Confetti Cannons and an Evening in Paradise” (Charleston City Paper, 2015)
- “Spoleto Festival Calling With 17 Days of World-Class Acts” (Where Traveler, 2015)
- “Artistic invasion: Spoleto festivals transform Charleston” (The Post and Courier, 2015)
- “Countertenor John Holiday steals the festival” (The Post and Courier, 2015)
- “Spoleto Festival’s 40th year brings lavish lineup” (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2016)
- “Charleston’s Spoleto: At 40, historic and hip” (The Charlotte Observer, 2016)
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40 for Friday is a new weekly (or bi-weekly) blog series celebrating the 40th season of Spoleto Festival USA. Feel free to comment if there is something you would like to see in this series. We have a lot of interesting content coming your way!
Image: Gate Theatre’s The Importance of Being Earnest by Pat Redmond. CLICK HERE for information and tickets.
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