Rufus Wainwright Solo

When Elton John was asked by Jimmy Fallon who he is jealous of as a songwriter, he immediately answered «Rufus Wainwright». For the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi the Canadian American singer-songwriter and composer is creating a special solo program that spans his entire career as a songwriter but also interpreter of great songs. From his own material going back to more than 30 years of songwriting, he will expand the musical journey that he takes the audience on to songs by Leonard Cohen, Judy Garland and even Italian icon Mina. He will be accompanied on some songs by his long time pianist Jacob Mann. Wainwright's connection to the Spoleto Festival goes back to Robert Wilson's production of Shakespeare's Sonnets by the Berliner Ensemble that Rufus wrote the music for. That year he gave a concert in the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti and this year audiences will experience under a starry night what the Times of London means with «when he unleashes that velvety truffle of a voice… you want it to go on and on».

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