From the Associated Press:
The death of renowned composer Gian Carlo Menotti has sparked speculation that the Italian Spoleto festival and the second festival Menotti founded in Charleston three decades ago could again collaborate.
Menotti, who died last week, established the Spoleto Festival USA here in 1977 as a companion to his Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy.
The festivals shared some artists and productions over the years, but that ended in 1993 when Menotti left the American festival in an ongoing dispute over finances and his successor.
But Spoleto Festival USA officials say linking the arts festivals again could benefit both events.