Spoleto USA: A Festival Discovers America 1977

1977 / 58 min. / color
Directed by Michael Blackwood

When Gian Carlo Menotti created the Spoleto festival in 1958, he imagined it existing in two worlds, Europe and America. After years of debate as to where the beloved festival should take place in the United States, the city of Charleston was chosen. Charleston, much like Spoleto is a place rooted in history. It was Charleston’s grand cultural allure that secured it as the rightful spot for Spoleto USA. Home to many churches, houses and theaters from the late 18th Century, Charleston has always celebrated its untouched past. It shares Spoleto’s love for what came before. Menotti thought of the festival as a celebration of music that would link the old world with the new. By opening the floor to both emerging talent and longtime masters, Menotti merges the past and future in cities that are doing very much the same. 

    Directed by
    Michael Blackwood

    Narration Written by
    Clive Barnes

    Cast
    Clive Barnes
    Jean-Pierre Bonnefous
    John Browning
    Marvelee Cariaga
    Eliot Feld
    Carla Fracci
    Albert Goldman
    Christopher Keene
    Patricia McBride
    Gian Carlo Menotti
    Lorenzo Ricci Muti
    Countess Alicia Paolozzi
    Nino Rota
    Christine Sarry
    Fred Sherry
    Antoinette Sibley
    Glen Tetley
    Charles Wadsworth
    Eugenia Zukerman
    Pinchas Zukerman

    Produced by
    Michael Blackwood

    Cinematography by
    Seth Schneidman

    Film Editing by
    Phyllis Chinlund

    Sound Department
    Rick Dior … sound mixer

    Music Department
    Marvelee Cariaga … musician
    Christopher Keene … music supervisor
    Gian Carlo Menotti … musician
    Jerold Siena … musical director
    Sandra Walker … musical director

    IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt1847697

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