Pontoniere, de Magistris, Battocchi at the Opera House for Verdi’s Requiem
Looking at Unite the Two Bays’ web site one may conclude that since de Magistris’ visit to San Francisco of last June and the selection of the winners of “From Vesuvio to Silicon Valley…and back” not much has happened for Unite the Two Bays. Read more…
Naples that Chants and Enchants: Maesti Monzu and the Cuisine from the kingdom of Naples to be showcased in San Francisco
On October 24, 2013 the Maestri Monzu will travel from Naples to the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club to celebrate with the Italian, and the Italian American Communities the Mayor of Naples Hon. Luigi de Magistris, and the artists of Naples’ Teatro di San Carlo on the occasion of the United the Two Bays Concert featuring the Teatro di San Carlo’s, and the San Francisco Opera’s choirs and orchestra at the San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House in Verdi’s
Requiem under the direction of Maestro Nicola Luisotti, musical director of both Opera Houses, and Naples’ and San Francisco’s beloved orchestra leader.
This last June 25th history was in the making at the Palazzo dell’Innovazione in Naples. City administrators, regional politicians, university professors, scientific researchers, innovators, startuppers and foreign diplomats came together to support Unite the Two Bays – From Vesuvio to Silicon Valley…and back and to reaffirm Naples’—and Campania’s—position as some of today’s pivotal worldwide centers for creative innovation. And not only that, but also to reaffirm that the Campania Region and the city of Naples can offer much more than just sanitary emergencies and criminal wars as one may be misled to believe from frequent media reports. That beyond stereotypes these are much more complex and rich realities than the monochromatic picture provided by media reports. Than they are hubs of creative thinking and disruptive innovation, and that because they are at the crossroad of major demographic trends and migratory patterns they can, more than other realities, hybridize different ethnic belief, divergent cultural traditions, and diverse economic models into a new multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and more tolerant experience of social development.
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