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Spoleto Festival also called Festival of the Two Worlds, annual summer arts festival held in Spoleto, Italy. Founded by the composer Gian-Carlo Menotti and the conductor Thomas Schippers, the festival has been held annually since 1958. It features the works of composers, singers and musicians, as well as writers, actors, painters, and sculptors from all over the world. In 1999, Francis Menotti, the founder's adopted son, became its artistic director and in 2007 Giorgio Ferrara, an Italian film and theater director, became the Festival's new director. The Spoleto Festival U.S.A., an American version of the festival also instituted by Menotti, has been held in Charleston, S.C., since 1977. Although Menotti broke with the American festival in 1993, it continues to be an active musical institution under its director, the French conductor Emmanuel Villaume, who assumed his post in 2000.

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	Spoleto Festival USA opens in tough economic times News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...show must go on: the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday with...directing chamber music at Spoleto festivals for half a century...City Hall to launch the festival that runs until June 7. This year's Spoleto budget is $6.2 million...
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	Ukraine's National Ballet featured at famed Spoleto Festival Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 7/16/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...charming and historically significant city and in the midst of the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A./Piccolo Spoleto Festival 1995 was a double treat. These two festivals, Spoleto and Piccolo had "joined hands" in order to more effectively celebrate...
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	Spoleto Festival USA Goes On Without Maestro Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 6/3/1994; 700+ words ; ...newscast] EDWARDS: The 1994 Spoleto Festival USA ends this weekend...patrons, this year's arts festival has been very much like the 17 annual festivals before it, but this Spoleto is the first without its founder...EILEEN LeBLANC, Reporter: Festival organizers were worried that...
	REP. BROWN HONORS SPOLETO FESTIVAL VISIONARY News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/16/2007; 700+ words ; ...Menotti, founder of Charleston's Spoleto Festival USA. Menotti played an integral...to the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy to Charleston. The measure...Menotti's decision to bring the Spoleto to South Carolina. "Gian Carlo...
	Spoleto Festival USA unveils modest 2009 schedule News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 1/4/2009; ; 685 words ; ...appearance marks the troupe's fifth Spoleto appearance. The Spoleto Festival USA was established in Charleston...Gian Carlo Menotti and modeled after his festival in Spoleto, Italy. The festivals worked together for years but the collaboration...
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