Staff Report
Published Jan. 3, 2011

Spoleto Festival USA has announced the program for its 35th season, which runs from May 27 to June 12.

The 17-day arts festival this year will have more than 150 performances by 48 artistic ensembles, officials said.

Highlights include:

• Festival founder Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera “The Medium.”
• The American premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s opera “Émilie.”
• Druid and Atlantic Theater Company’s production of “The Cripple of Inishmaan” by Martin McDonagh.
• Cornwall, U.K.-based Kneehigh Theatre’s production of “The Red Shoes.”
• Festival debut of guest conductor James Gaffigan leading the Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra.
• “13 Most Beautiful ... Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” with Indie-pop musicians Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips.
• Concerts by celebrated jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves, banjo icon Béla Fleck and the Original Flecktones, and native New Orleans sensation Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.
• Dance performances by Ángel Corella’s Spain-based Corella Ballet and Shen Wei Dance Arts.

Visit the Spoleto Festival USA website for all the details.