"The appointment of the superintendent of the San Carlo can in no way be distorted, be or appear biased, as instead the city and national chronicles of recent weeks show unequivocally. Given this situation, in my opinion there are not the conditions to cover the role of superintendent of the Teatro San Carlo". So says the outgoing CEO of Rai, Carlo Fuortes. "I have directed and administered several opera houses in Italy in the past - he explains - and I know perfectly well how fundamental it is to have full social legitimacy to carry out in the best way the very complex role of superintendent".
"It would be an extraordinary pleasure and honor for me to be able to lead the San Carlo in Naples and contribute to enriching the great artistic and musical history of the oldest and most beautiful theater in the world - underlines Fuortes in a note -. For almost three hundred years this theater has represented the history of Italian Opera. And its noble tradition has continued until the current management of Stéphane Lissner. But a theater like the San Carlo is not only a place of entertainment, art and culture. For the city of Naples, although rich in a vast and priceless cultural heritage, it is perhaps the most symbolic and identifying place. So it should be treated as such: with the attention and respect that is due to a large public institution. And, consequently, the superintendent that the guide must have a broad and shared support from the whole community, which is the true owner of the theater and to which we must respond". "I have directed and administered several opera houses in Italy in the past - he says - and I know perfectly well how fundamental it is to have full social legitimacy to carry out in the best way the very complex role of superintendent. The appointment of the superintendent of the San Carlo can in no way be distorted, be or appear biased, as instead the city and national chronicles of recent weeks show unequivocally. Given this situation, in my opinion there are not the conditions to cover the role of superintendent of the Teatro San Carlo".