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With a libretto by Spoleto Festival USA founder Gian Carlo Menotti, a new version of Samuel Barber's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera "Vanessa" will have its U.S. premiere during this year’s festival – 45 years after the original was produced here in 1978.The revamped love story, directed by Rodula Gaitanou, initially opened at the 2016 Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland. While it opened May 27, it will also play June 6 and June 10 at Charleston Gaillard Center with international s...

The performing arts fest, which lasts more than two weeks, revives a potent opera, experiments with sound and memorializes a longtime emcee.

The performing arts fest, which lasts more than two weeks, revives a potent opera, experiments with sound and memorializes a longtime emcee.