On the occasion of the 60th edition of the Spoleto Festival, it is intended to offer the public, through a publication with original photographs, archival documents, and articles published in newspapers of the time, a reinterpretation of the origins of the event that marked the history of the city and Italian cultural life. The volume Spoleto 1958. At the roots of history, the first Festival dei Due Mondi, published in 2017 from Nuova Eliografica Fiori, aims to be a compendium and extension of the research already conducted with the volume_ Spoleto 1958, chronicles from a festival published in 2006 by the Spoleto Press Club "Walter Tobagi," enriching the picture of the genesis of the event with photographs and new documents. Theopera, with a preface by Rosaria Mencarelli, is divided into four chapters: Festival dei Due Mondi 1958. Protagonists and Performances by Moreno Cerquetelli;'Spoleto 58' according to the NY Times_ by Marco Rambaldi; The City and the First Festival. Notes and images from Antonio Busetti's archive by Antonella C. Manni; At the Roots of History by Paolo Bianchi.