Spoleto Festival USA

Charleston, SC

Website: http://www.spoletousa.org/home/

Now approaching its 36th season, Spoleto Festival USA is internationally recognized as America's premier performing arts festival. For 17 days and nights each spring, the festival fills Charleston's historic theaters and outdoor spaces with performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers in opera, theater, dance and chamber, symphonic, choral and jazz music. Leading the 2012 Festival lineup are the American premieres of two contemporary operas - Philip Glass's mesmerizing and powerful Kepler and Feng Yi Ting, Chinese composer Guo Wenjing's tale of political intrigue in the Han Dynasty. For more information, please call (843) 579-3100 or visit spoletousa.org.