A Banner Year for Spoleto Festival USA!Entertainment Editors/Business Editors CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 2003 27th Season Distinguished by Record Box Office, Artistic Triumphs, and Sold Out Performances Called "America's largest annual festival of the arts
The Festival of the Arts, or simply Festival is a three day arts festival in Grand Rapids held on the first Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of June. " by the Toronto Star and "one of the most imaginative and artistically satisfying multi-arts jamborees in the country" by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Daily morning newspaper published in Atlanta, Ga., based largely on the former Atlanta Constitution. Generally regarded as the “voice of the New South,” the Constitution counted among the great newspapers of the U.S. 2003 Spoleto Festival USA
Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , from May 23 to June 8, was propelled by brilliant productions, balmy weather, strong attendance and a new box office record. From new productions of Lakme by Leo Delibes and Tamerlano by George Frideric Handel to a revival of Meredith Monk's Quarry, Dublin's Gate Theatre in a "superb" (The Dallas Morning News) adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Festival Orchestra's powerful performance of Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony, and 39 other events in over 130 performances, the 2003 festival was filled with triumphs, all of the highest artistic caliber. "The Spoleto Festival is not only one of the best arts festivals in this country," wrote The Washington Post, "it is also one of the rare festivals to mix up the art forms, celebrate eclecticism eclecticism, in art eclecticism (ĭklĕk`tĭsĭz'əm), art style in which features are borrowed from various styles. , and make a strong showing with performance pieces that fit no neat categories." The highest grossing ticket sales season ever in the festival's 26-year history, the 2003 Spoleto Festival USA surpassed the record set in 2001. The festival sold over $2.5 million in tickets, selling out half of the performances. "Nearly every performance I attended over a five-day period was packed--from the family-oriented Circus Flora, to the bravura bra·vu·ra n. 1. Music a. Brilliant technique or style in performance. b. A piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity. 2. A showy manner or display. adj. 1. 75-minute midday chamber music concerts that are the perennial star of the event, to two major opera productions and a wide mix of traditional and avant-garde theater and dance events," wrote Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times. The 2003 festival set a new standard for the nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . The program for next year's annual arts extravaganza, slated for May 28 through June 11, will be announced in November. For more information, please visit the Spoleto web site at www.spoletousa.org or call 843/722-2764. |
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