The 11th edition of “Percorsi al femminile”(Women paths) took place on Thursday, September 19th, 2024 in the evocative and historic complex of the Paleochristian Basilicas of Cimitile: a review of art, science, culture, sport, gastronomy and solidarity, organized by the Centro Italiano Femminile – municipal section of Cimitile – and sponsored by the Campania region as well as the municipality of Cimitile.
The protagonists and award-winning women, committed every day in every field of the arts, culture, knowledge in all its many forms, entrepreneurship that give value, face and shape to the female world.
Here is the prestigious and varied list of winners:
MARIELLA CAPUTO – Sommelier
MARIA ROSARIA COVELLI – President of the Court of Appeal of Napoli
OLGA DE MAIO – Soprano
MARINA FUMO – Architect and University Professor
ANNAMARIA MAURO – Director of the Museums of Matera
ARMIDA PARISI – Journalist
PAOLA RUSSO – President of Action Women
MARIA ROSARIA TERRACCIANO – Entrepreneur
MARIA LINA TORNESELLO – Pascale Researcher
CRISTINA TROMBETTI – Mathematician and University Professor
LIDA VIGANONI – Geographer and University Professor
Special award to Vittoria Tirelli, student and champion equestrian.
The prizes donated to the winners were designed and created by the ceramist artist Anna Battello; the reception was taken care of by the Carabinieri Association of Cimitile and by the students of the IPSSEOA Russo Institute of Cicciano, led by the teachers and the director, Professor Sabrina Capasso, of the Institute.
The evening was hosted by the journalist Ermanno Corsi and by Dr. Donatella Provvisiero, founder and one of the excellent organizers of the project.
The award ceremony was also embellished by the splendid performances of the bel canto of Olga De Maio, a lyric soprano with an extraordinary voice and an international career, an artist of the Teatro di San Carlo, legal representative and artistic director of the Noi per Napoli Cultural Association, dedicated to the passion and diffusion of art, culture and always committed to social issues and solidarity in favor of the weakest and neediest.
Olga, excited and honored by the award of this other beautiful recognition, declared:
“… I am proud and honored for this important award that I dedicate to Dr. Emilia Gallo, my beloved mother and founder of the Noi per Napoli Cultural Association, of which today I carry forward the tireless work of creating projects aimed at the diffusion and preservation of the musical and historical culture of the Neapolitan tradition in a social key”
Also present at the evening was tenor Luca Lupoli, life and art companion of soprano Olga De Maio with whom he performed splendid duets taken from the operatic and operetta repertoire, such as the toast from Verdi’s La Traviata and “Tace il bocca” from Lehar’s The Merry Widow.
