“Festival dei Due Mondi” is one of the largest multidisciplinary arts and cultural events including Italian and international sections of Opera, Music, Theater, Dance, Art, Events, a calendar that embraces programs of the most famous tradition in a continuous dialogue with the realities of the most prestigious contemporary world scene.
The Spoleto Festival born in 1958 by the impetus of the composer Maestro Gian Carlo Menotti and his vision: to join two cultures and two artistic worlds, (hence the name) very different at that time, the European one and the American one, dedicating the manifestation to the art in all its forms and expressions. So, he wanted to set up an event that was as international as possible.