
Adrian Angelico (Marquise de Merteuil) and Christian Miedl (Valmont); photo by Leigh Webber Photography
Part Two of my report on the 2017 edition of Spoleto Festival USA is now live on Musical America (subscription required):
CHARLESTON, SC—Last year marked the 40th anniversary of Spoleto Festival USA, but this year’s edition underscores what I regard as one of the festival’s most admirable traits: a refusal to rest on laurels. Spoleto took a notable dare in programming Luca Francesconi’s profoundly unsettling Quartett among this summer’s opera offerings.
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