Spoleto kicks off this weekend, celebrating Philip Glass’ 75th
New opera, Alvin Ailey, Mavis Staples headline Charleston arts festival
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- Composer Philip Glass turns 75 as Charleston’s Spoleto Festival turns 36.
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Composer Philip Glass turns 75 this year, and among the many performances slated for Charleston’s annual Spoleto Festival is the American premiere of Glass’ opera Kepler which will commemorate his birthday and his long relationship with the arts event, now in its own 36th year. Many of Glass’ operatic works had their US or world premiere at Spoleto, including 2007’s The Book of Longing based on the writings of Leonard Cohen and Hydrogen Jukebox, his opera based on the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, which was a festival commission in 1993.