Spoleto Festival USA Announces Spectacular 2004 Season.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003 May 28 - June 13 Charleston, South Carolina The epic 18-hour Chinese opera The Peony peony (pē`ənē), any plant of the genus Paeonia of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family, although placed in the order Dilleniales as a separate family, the Paeoniaceae, by many modern botanists), mostly Eurasian species Pavilion...famed artist Mikhail Baryshnikov in Rezo Gabriadze's newest theatrical work The Doctor and the Patient...ballerina superstar Nina Ananiashvili and the Moscow Ballet Theatre...the premiere of DJ Spooky's multimedia Rebirth of a Nation...these are just a few of the events recently announced as part of the 2004 Spoleto Festival USA
Following its highly successful 2003 festival season distinguished by critical acclaim and record ticket sales, Spoleto Festival USA was called "one of the rare festivals to mix up the art forms and celebrate eclecticism" by The Washington Post. Spoleto Festival USA continues this tradition with a diverse array of over 130 performances for its 2004 season. Spanning three continents and more than 400 years of opera composition, the festival's 2004 operas are The Peony Pavilion, written in 1598 by Tang Xianzu; Vincenzo Bellini's 1830 bel canto gem I Capuleti e i Montecchi I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) is an Italian opera by Vincenzo Bellini. The libretto by Felice Romani was a reworking of a the story of Romeo and Juliet for an opera by Nicola Vaccai called Giulietta e Romeo. ; Richard Strauss's 1916 Ariadne auf Naxos Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was first performed at the Hoftheater, Stuttgart, on October 25, 1912. , and a concert version of Tom Johnson's 1972 The Four Note Opera. Called "one of the major cultural events of the end of the 20th century" by Le Monde, The Peony Pavilion will receive its final performances at the 2004 Spoleto Festival USA. Other festival highlights include choreographer/director David Gordon in his innovative take on Eugene Ionesco's The Chairs, the return of the exuberant dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a modern dance company based in New York, New York. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey. It is made up of 30 dancers as well as artistic director Judith Jamison and associate artistic director Masazumi Chaya. , one-man shows by Australian actor Brian Lipson (A Large Attendance in the Antechamber A Large Attendance In The Antechamber is a one-man play by Brian Lipson about Francis Galton the English scientist, statistician and founder of the eugenics movement. ) and playwright Carlyle Brown (The Fula from America: An African Journey), Susan J. Vitucci's clever opera-in-miniature Love's Fowl, the Spoleto debut of Big Dance Theater, the Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Chamber Music series, the Westminster Choir concerts, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra performing Mahler's Ninth Symphony and the Wachovia Jazz series, featuring sizzling jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater Dee Dee Bridgewater (b. May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award Winner, Tony Award Winner and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . In addition to a stellar program, visitors may also enjoy special Delta Air Lines rates (800-241-6760) and travel services provided by Abbott & Hill Travel, Spoleto's official travel agency (800-535-0956). Tickets to all events, as well as ticket packages and subscriptions are now on sale online at www.spoletousa.org and by calling (843) 579-3100. |
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