...highlights of this year's Spoleto include the Richard Strauss opera "Ariadne auf Naxos," the return of the Alvin Ailey...Ananiashvili and the Moscow Ballet Theater. Along with the Strauss opera, Spoleto will present Vincenzo Bellini's 1830 opera...

...highlights of this year's Spoleto include the Richard Strauss opera "Ariadne auf Naxos," the return of the Alvin Ailey...and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet. Along with the Strauss opera, Spoleto will present Vincenzo Bellini's 1830 opera...

...through June 13. Other highlights include the Richard Strauss opera "Ariadne auf Naxos," the return of the Alvin Ailey...be two complete cycles of the opera. Along with the Strauss opera, Spoleto will also present Vincenzo Bellini's 1830...

...the British. 1861-- Louisiana seceded from the Union. 1870 -- Virginia rejoined the Union. 1911-- the Richard Strauss opera "Der Rosenkavalier" premiered in Dresden, Germany. 1942-- the first American expeditionary force to go to Europe...

...original or high-profile pieces as they would like. This season, the Augusta Opera decided to forgo staging the Strauss opera Die Fledermaus because the large-scale production would have been too great an economic risk. Cost issues mean that...