Berkeley Symphony Music Director Joana Carneiro — also Principal Conductor of the Portugal National Symphony — makes her Spoleto Festival debut on May 28, conducting the Festival Orchestra in a program of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony, and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Staged highlights of this year's festival include Janácek's Kát'a Kabanová, Michael Nyman's Facing Goya, and Adams' El Nino.