64th edition of the Festival of Two Worlds
Spoleto has always fascinated travelers and important historical figures, such as St. Francis, Michelangelo, Carducci, D’Annunzio, Turner and Stendhal.
And it is even more so during the Festival of Two Worlds: the 64th edition is scheduled from June 28 to July 14. What better opportunity to discover the city of artists and poets!
The festival was founded in 1958 to bring American culture closer to European culture: this event took the opportunity of the Spoleto emigration to remember the Italians who left in search of fortune overseas, all the Italians who never forgot their roots. Continuing to this day to make important connections and express the city’s international appeal.
The program
Any anticipation from the 2024 program? With these we want to intrigue the traveler who, having understood the spirit of this renowned festival, can take advantage of enjoying a few shows by including Spoleto as a stop on your itinerary in Umbria.
The opening night of the Festival will be at the New Theater with an artistic project signed by Ivan Fischer with the Budapest festival orchestra that juxtaposes Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos with the suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme. Among the novelties is the opera that doubles: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented in the original reinterpretation by award-winning Italian director Damiano Michieletto.
Among the big names coming up: renowned British choreographer Wayne McGregor, director of the biennial Dance and “resident choreographer” of the Royal Ballet of London, with a new production.
Instead, the Roman Theater will feature choreographer Dimitri Chamblas’ latest creation with Kim Gordon, the musician from Sonic Youth.
In the third year of the Chekhov Project, for the theater section Leonardo Lidi presents the last title of the cycle, The Cherry Orchard, along with a marathon staging of the entire trilogy.
In the program of noontime concerts, there will be numerous jazz and electronic music events, meetings with artists.
