As significant milestone of the celebration of "2013 Year of the Italian Culture in the US" in San Francisco, the festivities to bring the San Carlo Theater of Naples to the Bay Area will start early this month, reaching their peak in June.

Starting next Tuesday, the Consul General of Italy in San Francisco, Mauro Battocchi, in collaboration with the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute, Paolo Barlera, will present a Media Preview and opening of the exhibition "Treasures from Naples' Teatro di San Carlo," on view May 7- May 19.

For the special occasion, a precious selection of Opera stage costumes from Naples' Teatro di San Carlo will be auctioned, together with original lithographs by Mimmo Paladino and treasures from the Historical Collection of the Neapolitan Theatre.
The opening day will feature the participation (via live uplink from his office in Naples) of the Hon. Luigi De Magistris, Mayor of the City of Naples.

Read more

Fonte: L'italo-Americano