“We wish to express our appreciation for the excuses of Maestro Gardner and for the words of esteem for the Choir of the San Carlo Theater. Our daily commitment is aimed at honoring the great musical tradition of our theater with dedication, professionalism and Passion. It is precisely for this reason that the declarations issued previously had deeply affected us. Stephane Lissner, Superintendete of the San Carlo Theater of Naples, thus closes, with a note, the lawsuit open a few days ago by the news that the Sancariano choir intended to undertake legal action against the prestigious British newspaper The Times and the director of the London Philaronic Orchestra London Philamonic , Edward Gardner, for a passage in an interview of these in mid -January in which the master had said that “the San Carlo choir is made up of two rival mafia families”.
Gardner, who at most Neapolitan made his debut on 10 May last year by directing a concert of the symphonic season and then from May 24 the 4 replicas of ‘Il Castello di Ballo and the human voice’ for the lyrical season, with the Sancarlian choir interacted Only once, in July 2024, during the Ravello Festival, without problems.
What happened
According to what was reconstructed by AGI, he had been told by members of the choir what had happened months earlier, in January, when a stage in stage between two choristers had turned, once out of the walls of the theater, into a finished physical clash With a hospital report and an ongoing process, as well as a disciplinary procedure without penalties, because the fact had occurred outside San Carlo and no witness. Already last night the apologies of the master to the choir and the city had arrived late.
“I wish to offer my most sincere excuses to the artists of the Choir of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples for my recent statements made in an interview with The Times. I have deep respect and sincere estimate for the choir and for each of its components – he had Black on Bianco Gardner – Just before my arrival in Naples I was informed of a fight between two artists of the choir just outside the theater, which had led to the hospitalization of one of them. , it was absolutely not my intention to suggest that the choir had links with the mafia, and I am happy to withdraw this statement. Talent, dedication and hard work of this artistic team. I would like to reiterate how much and respect each of its members “. In any case, the management of the theater had sent the prefect of Naples, Michele di Bari, the complete list of the members of the choir, for the appropriate checks.