The Carefree Traveller
SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA 2009
Events








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 USA has firmly
established itself as one of the
world’s major arts festivals,
presenting 100 world premieres
and 93 American premieres since
its inception in 1977.
One of the Festival’s tenets is to
provide young performers the
opportunity to work with veteran
directors, designers and
performers. World-renowned
artists who performed early in
their careers at Spoleto Festival
USA include Renée Fleming,
Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo
Ma, the Emerson String Quartet
and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.