Song of the Earth Theme to Lead 68th Edition of Spoleto Festival
Spoleto: Sixty performances starring 700 artists from 13 countries will take centre stage at the 68th edition of Spoleto’s Festival of Two Worlds, Italy’s oldest and most eclectic performing arts fest.
According to Ansa News Agency, the festival, which runs in the northern city from June 27 until July 13, will feature renowned artists including William Kentrige, Ersan Mondtag, Robert Mappelthorpe, and Clement Cogitore. Artistic director Monique Veaute has organized a multidisciplinary program inspired by Gustav Mahler’s “Song of the Earth.”
The performances and concerts will include contributions from Ersan Mondtag and the Berliner Ensemble, Alessandro Baricco, Stefano Bollani, Enrico Rava, Luca Marinelli, Federico Tiezzi, Sandro Lombardi, Massimo Popolizio, and Umberto Orsini, alongside the musicians of Rome’s national academy of Santa Cecilia and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
The event will commence with the opera “Hadrian” by New York composer Rufus Wainwright, based on a text by Marguerite Yourcenar.