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Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of America's major performing arts festivals. It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize -winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti , who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi ( The Festival of Two Worlds ) in Spoleto , Italy .
Charleston annually hosts Spoleto Festival USA founded by Gian Carlo Menotti, a 17-day art festival featuring over 100 performances by individual artists in various disciplines. [109] The annual Piccolo Spoleto festival takes place at the same time and features local performers and artists, with hundreds of performances throughout the city.
Taylor Festival Choir are regularly featured in Charleston's annual Piccolo Spoleto Festival [9] [10] as well as regularly staging their own concerts. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] They are a regular contributor to the Charleston arts and cultural scene [ 13 ] and regularly publish content on the Taylor Music Group YouTube channel.
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The garden was dedicated to Countess Alicia Spaulding Paolozzi, the philanthropist and businesswoman who helped attract Spoleto Festival USA to Charleston. [36] Huff + Gooden was the architecture firm behind the restoration. [37] The first show in the restored building was the 2008 Spoleto production of “Amistad.” [38]
In the United States, a parallel festival — Spoleto Festival USA — held in Charleston, South Carolina was founded in 1977 with Menotti's involvement. The twinning only lasted some 15 years and, after growing disputes between the Menotti family and the Spoleto Festival USA board, in the early 1990s a separation was consummated.
The building is known for its acoustical properties and is often sought by performing artists, particularly during the Spoleto Festival. In 2009, the long-time dean, William McKeachie, announced his retirement and the vestry called the Reverend Peet Dickinson to serve as dean.
In making significant changes to the article, User talk:Spoleto removed over 4,000 bites of text, most of it being the history of the Festival. In the past, this user appears to have been something of an insider and has posted huge chunks of copy from the Festival's website, which were reverted. (See article history).